Yeap my recollection is that the Russian troops were stealing the white goods to...

Yeap my recollection is that the Russian troops were stealing the white goods to ship home for their families.

They even stole tractors etc, https://www.itworldcanada.com/post/tractors-stolen-in-ukrain...

Washing machines etc could be on the sanctions list because they contain dual use chips, making them even more expensive to buy in Russia, but the troops are from regions where even the pre-war prices were prohitative.