I am in a similar situation. My wife is from Russia, but right before the conflict broke out, we traveled to a foreign country to meet. We are now stuck here since she is afraid to go home. Our application is a few months behind yours, but had already been transferred to Warsaw.If anyone here is from Russia, I have some advice.
I messaged the warsaw visa office today (WSAWIMMIGRATION@international.gc.ca), and asked them to please look at my application. I expressed my worry about the situation, and desire for us to move to Canada ASAP. We had received Pre-Arrival a month ago, but no updates since.
About 90 minutes later, they sent a passport request.
I can't say for sure that it was due to my email, but I really doubt it was a coincidence.
Question - did you receive a reply from the Warsaw visa office (other than the automated reply), or did they just speed things up as you assume, without replying to you?