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Yet one more Ukrainian story from the outstanding Internet web site isegoria.net.

"Scary countries are deeply vulnerable to paid desertion"

Thursday, March 3rd, 2022.

"Ukraine is offering amnesty plus five million rubles (about $48,000) to anyone who deserts from the Russian army and agrees to go to a Ukrainian prison"

"On the surface, this sounds like a sweet deal, but on reflection, it’s anything but. Put yourself in the shoes of a Russian soldier. First, you have to elude the Red Army, knowing you could be shot for desertion. Then, you have to surrender without getting killed by Ukrainians. After that, you’re stuck in prison; maybe they’ll deposit you in a regular POW camp, complete with Russian loyalists ready to kill you when the guard’s not looking. Wherever you languish, you know your fate hinges on the outcome of the war."

During the Korean War the communist forces made a constant appeal for American troops to desert. With an ample monetary reward as a result. The spiel went as: "You kill officer and desert with tank and we pay you $10,000?"

Adjusted for inflation from 1950 the buying power of $10,000 in 1950 equal to $117,000 today.

IS IT WORTH THE RISK! 

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