While Russian men kill, rape and rob in Ukraine, their families enjoy the spoils of war. Take, for example, Olga Bykovskaya, a mother who lives in Feodosia in occupied Crimea.. The SBU recently published a recording of a telephone conversation between this woman and her husband, Roman Bykovsky..

“Come on, rape Ukrainian women there and don’t tell me. Understood? Most importantly, stay safe,"

The couple arrived in the occupied Crimea from the Oryol region of Russia. Bykovsky fought against Ukraine in the Khera region, Alexander Motyl, a professor of political science at Rutgers University, writes on The Hill.. He also recalls the announcement of another Russian woman who tried to sell a drill for 2400 rubles, which her husband brought “from a special operation in Ukraine”. Another man in Russia, in a telephone conversation, told his son, who attacked Kharkiv, to dismantle the Mercedes of Ukrainians, because “parts for them are expensive”. Such cases are not isolated.. Russian soldiers send home heaps of things looted in Ukraine. According to a map compiled by Ukrainian IT specialists, Russian soldiers sent stolen items evenly throughout Russia, with the exception of Moscow and St. Petersburg.. Many times more parcels were sent there.

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Marauders-record holders were even discovered. Evgeny Kovalenko sent home 450 kilograms of stolen goods. Artem Lazarev sent 255 kilograms of loot, and Pavel Nikolaev - 204 kilograms. The least stolen and sent to relatives in Russia was a soldier named Igor Kuzmin - only 50 kilograms of stolen goods.

“Poor Igor, he must have had a bad day. One can only imagine how his wife will scold him if he returns home, ”Motyl ironically.

Russian soldiers steal power tools, TVs, tablets, armchairs, air conditioners, clothing and even fishing equipment. Some Russians saw for the first time that the toilet was in the house, and not in the yard. It can be assumed that they did not steal plumbing because installing it in their home would be too much of a technical challenge.. Meanwhile, gossip began to spread that service in the Russian army could bring quick enrichment.. One of the military officers in the Rostov region complained that the new conscripts are mostly " Hearing about looting from other soldiers, they wait for the moment when they can plunder and do not want to learn military science.

Looting has become a systematic problem, or rather a systematic opportunity.. Russian officers know exactly what's going on. However, most likely, they give the soldiers a " After all, if you can kill and rape with impunity, why not rob? Such medieval approaches to warfare lead to several conclusions..

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Firstly, the state of the Russian Armed Forces is much worse than one could imagine.. The army, considered the "

“Secondly, a country with such an urgent need for basic household items and clothing obviously has an economy that is more reminiscent of underdeveloped third world countries.. Russia is really Burkina Faso with a bomb, forgive the inhabitants of the West African country for such an unpleasant comparison, ”writes Motyl.

Thirdly, the Russians know very well what their soldiers are doing in Ukraine.. And when it's payback time, they can't pretend to be innocent, claiming they didn't know anything.. And finally, the last conclusion says that a country with an undisciplined army and a poor economy is not able to win a war.. Vladimir Putin should have known this. And this suggests that he is not such a skilled leader.. He is not a grandmaster. Putin is still just learning how to play checkers, which he apparently bought from a looter market in Belarus..