Even the Russians are pissed and I don’t blame them. Language barrier, equipment, and 3 senior officers per 30 soldiers (that’s like photo op noncombat propaganda-level ineptitude, gotta have lots of people with lots of medals strutting around). Imagine joining a Mexican cartel in the middle of a shootout and not knowing a lick of Spanish. How fast can I just duck out?
When I was dating my wife I got her dangle drop earrings and a necklace, matching, crystal, nothing too spendy but looked super elegant, and told her she was gonna need those, because we’re getting dressed up and going out on the town. And it worked. I could only describe her style as ‘art teacher’, pretty creative and undefined, but I took a gamble and she loved it. Going elegant and using it as a lead up is def an option