Ukrainian parliament signs law offering $1 million rewards to defecting Russian soldiers who handover a fighter jet or a warship

Russian soldiers who surrender with their equipment will be offered rewards by the Ukrainian parliament.

Bill 7229 proposes that anyone who delivers Russian equipment to Ukraine will receive generous payouts.

Anyone who gives the Ukrainian military a Russian warship or a combat aircraft can receive up to a $1 million reward, according to the Rada.

A reward of up to $10,000 is offered for a military vehicle.

As well as money, the statement also says that anyone who gives up Russian equipment will get Secrecy, a safe stay in Ukraine and support in obtaining new documents and leaving for a third country.

Oleksandr Kornienko, the first vice-speaker of the Ukrainian parliament, said that the new law will be successful because many Russian soldiers need to improve their financial status.

The troops will be motivated by their misunderstanding of the meaning of why they are dying.

—Euan MacDonald (@Euan_MacDonald) April 1, 2022

Since the war started, the Ukrainian strategy has been to reward Russian troops who defect.

Russian soldiers are offered a choice of dying in an unjust war or being granted a full pardon and 5 million rubles in compensation by the Ukrainian Minister of Defense. He said that if they laid down their arms and surrendered, it would be voluntary.