For a Russian conscript it maybe a relief, he would hardly be...

For a Russian conscript it maybe a relief, he would hardly be expected to know much about operational info so he would score a decent feed and reduce his chance of collecting a bullet. Then all he has to do is convince his captors that he doesn't want to be part of a prisoner swap and wait till the war is finished or even better swap sides and join the march on Moscow via Kursk to snot the demented dwarf.