Wouldn’t the pencils in Ukraine come in nation-specific packaging that didn’t have English on it, but rather was in Ukrainian?
Could this be a photo taken in a Western nation that speaks English, ie propaganda?
I found two posts on Reddit, Link #1 and Link #2. The story is, the pictures were released by the Russian MOD, showing Col. General Lapin in the field. I do not speak or read Russian and official Russian MOD sites are blocked in the US, so I can not independently confirm this.
So if this is correct, that these are official Russian MOD pictures, why the heck does he have a child's pencil set like this?