Food, what food? The only ones eating were those foolishly dying for Stalin. Everyone one else was expendable.
And they though it was bad under the Tzar. LOL.
One of the reasons Hitler was able to advance so far so fast was because Stalin was busy killing his own people in the 30’s to consolidate his power.
When Hitler came a calling, anyone who didn’t like Stalin’s rule were already dead or starving to death. That meant many who knew how to fly planes were already eliminated, because they were smart enough to know this Stalin guy was as crazy as Hitler.
Hitler was too stupid to realize that had he treated the Russians more humanely, they would have considered him a liberator. Once the Red Army was taken out, then Hitler could have done whatever he wanted. He certainly would have had most Ukrainians support.