Archbishop, having soldiers in an active combat situation engage in fasting is barmy. Their spiritual needs are one thing. They need calories so they can kill God's enemies.
Bald and Bankrupt has a video from the day before the invasion of the Russian/Ukraine border. He's been one of my go-to vloggers on what Russia and FSU looks like.
This is very interesting. He talks to people who don't see the war coming.
fun to poke at the bear...not sure what conclusions to draw.
Russia might just be a football team with mediocre 1st half and now that they've figured out the other team's tendency they can get their game on.