Defence procurement bungles and wins

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And the rumours are they are not being paid, so they are selling off their own equipment and resources to the Ukrainian public.

There is a political rumour going around that Russia primary motivation is economic, they want to the Ukraine to become dependant on Russian resources, this  is rationalised by the weirdness of the attacks of the Ukraine power stations. Basically, Russia has taken them offline and tried to put them in a state that will see them as unserviceable for many years, but then allowed the workers to return to the sites to ensure the safety and security is maintained around the waste piles.

They are selling equipment for passports, tanks are being sold for Ukrainian citizenship.
Ukraine wanted to join the EU power grid but are tied to Russia...the date of the invasion coincided with Ukraine wanting to disconnect from Russia and test various loading issues they will cause when they connect to other EU countries.