That fellow is making out better today than he will as winter approaches. After that he will be looking at frostbite and gangrene. And let's just say, he will not be the only one. Maybe he will get lucky one of his comrades with the same boot size will get killed. Could happen. Of course it could go the other way too. He could be killed and someone will take his flip flops.
Additional twist: the death benefit payments to the families comprise 98% of the 2022 budget for them as of 08/24. Given the current average of 8132 dead soldiers per month, they're short by 271 billion rubles just to cover the rest of the year - and project 724.1 billion for 2023. The above doc is the Finance ministry begging Grigorenko (Deputy Prime Minister/Chief of Government Staff) for money to cover the shortfall.