From the Mundane Luxury page.
Imagine believing soldiers would steal washing machines of all things lmao. Like just picture some guy lugging one around along with 30+ kg of gear or trying to stuff it into the crew compartment of a BTR-80 along with himself and his squadmates.
Again, even going by HDI which is a flawed measure, Buryatia is more developed than any region of Ukraine by some margin.
Obviously there are still nomadic peoples who live throughout the Russian Far East who may be surprised by a washing machine, but this would not generally be the case for any of the urbanized population.