Los Angeles Times via Getty ImagesĮarlier this week, the Kremlin released footage of captured Bradleys and Leopard tanks, boasting, “These are our trophies.”īut the cash bonus plan has been plagued by corruption schemes in which soldiers have misled superiors in a bid to earn more money for themselves, the BBC reported earlier this month. Russia is throwing cash bonuses at soldiers who destroy US war vehicles in Ukraine.
The reward announcement Friday comes after Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu awarded soldiers with a “Hero of Russia gold star” medal for allegedly taking out US-made Bradley fighting vehicles and German-built Leopard tanks. Russian pilots who obliterate US-supplied Himars rocket systems will also rake in $3,600 for every Ukrainian helicopter or plane. Russian soldiers who destroy an enemy tank are rewarded with $1,200 prize while an armored vehicle earns $600, according to Russian officials. The bonuses are part of a larger reward program - in which more than 10,000 Russian troops were given individual bonuses - to incentivize soldiers after Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Moscow said. “Payments are currently being made to servicemen of the Russian Federation Armed Forces who in the course of military operations destroyed Leopard tanks, as well as armored fighting vehicles made in the USA and other NATO countries,” the Russian Defense Ministry said, citing reports from field commanders. In the country’s latest scheme to beat back Kyiv’s counteroffensive, the Russian Defense Ministry is throwing roughly $600 to $1,200 at troops that destroy a US-made fighter vehicle or enemy tank. Russian soldiers who wipe out American armored vehicles in Ukraine will be rewarded with hefty cash bonuses, officials in Moscow said Friday. NATO member Romania admits parts of suspected Russian drone fell on its territoryīlinken visits Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine’s counteroffensiveīiden rages that staff treats him like a child, new book claims: ‘Was John Kennedy ever babied like that?’ Blinken to announce new $1B Ukraine aid package during Kyiv trip
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