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[Mav]

There were amazing reports in the early stages of the invasion that the Russians were caught out by the traditional tendency of Russian soldiers to make money off the black market. That was exacerbated by Putin keeping his plans to invade to himself. That meant that the soldiers sent to the border with Ukraine thought they were just on manoeuvres. Accordingly, soldiers were happily selling off petrol and communication gear to the locals. Then, bang, the invasion is on and they have a fuel shortage and communication issues! It reminds me of Hair where Treat Williams' character volunteered to take his mate's place at boot camp during the Vietnam War so his mate could see his friends for a going-away party only to find to his horror that he was loaded onto a transport plane and flown to Vietnam before his mate returned.