12/1:2023 – In a Ukrainian soldier’s mess tin: balancing abundance and malnutrition on the Ukrainian frontlines

“An army marches on its stomach,” goes the famous saying. So volunteers step in to deliver ready meals to soldiers where procurement is lacking

From: Euromaiden Press BY JOSEPH ROCHE

Kharkiv Oblast – In a wooded area, after a fleeting rain, a group of Ukrainian soldiers are gathered around a makeshift table.

The soldiers are part of a unit nicknamed Bob Marley’s squad, a volunteer group that has been fighting since 2014.

They’ve spent the last several days conducting missions in the Kharkiv Oblast in northeastern Ukraine. Upon their return, they spent at least two hours cooking.

On a dusty mahogany-red table, they laid out chicken, cucumbers, steaming-hot borscht, ketchup, and beer.

Dima Dubas, one of the soldiers, explains that not everything is supplied by the army, and they had to do some extra shopping.

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