These are “Goodwin” and “Ernest” - Russian servicemen Dmitry Lysakov and Sergei Gritsai. They died because commander Igor Puzik, call sign “Evil,” removed them from their positions as drone operators and sent them on a one-way assault in response to accusations of corruption and drug trafficking. Here is their dying video.

Why didn’t Japan attack the USSR in 1941, because in that case the Soviet Union would have been sandwiched between two fronts and could have lost the war? Instead, the Japanese decided to attack the US, which was a suicidal decision for them.