It's not easy being Russian these days. Ukraine has pressed into Russian territory past Crimea, which is only expected after the Russians invaded Ukraine more than two years ago. Russian soldiers in Kursk often find their vehicles being chased down by attack drones. Understandably, they throw their vehicles into high gear when this happens in order to escape. If they do escape, there's a good chance that they will be issued a ticket for speeding. Police refer to these tickets as "letters of happiness." Being a soldier in an active war zone does not allow a driver to escape the many speed cameras in Kursk.
Some soldiers are trying to avoid the speeding tickets by papering over their license plates, but police will pull them over for doing so. Kursk police say they are sympathetic to the plight of military members fleeing for their lives, but the police are not military, and they have their own mission to uphold law and order in the region, and fund their department. They say that soldiers can come to court and try to fight the tickets.
