The latest tactics of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s secret service are already being hotly discussed on some social media channels: according to several news bloggers, the intelligence service HUR (Holone Apparalinja Rosvidyki Ministerstva Oborony Ukrajini) is actually doing too many things for a Russian. Wants to offer money. The MiG-31 pilot landed his fighter jet in Ukraine and handed the machine over to the Ukrainian Air Force – the jet is said to be carrying one of the dangerous Kinzhal supersonic missiles.
The price of this coup, carried out by the government in Kiev, is said to be two million euros – considering the new price of the MiG-31, the price of the Kinzhal rocket, and the pilot’s lifetime risk of being found by the Russian secret service, this is a bit low: a The MiG-31 costs approximately 60 million euros and not a single supersonic missile can be produced for less than 15 million euros.
So the secret service in Kiev is hoping for a very good deal: it sounds good to get a weapon system worth 75 million euros with a “reward” of two million euros. Perhaps a Russian pilot who has no family could actually be convinced to participate in this risky business – Putin’s pilots receive about 90,000 rubles per month, which is 1,040 euros, which is the minimum income in Vienna. are equal.
There is something disturbing about the offer to the HUR intelligence service – which has not yet been officially confirmed: the Ukrainians also promise each defector “documents and citizenship of an EU nation.” The Foreign Ministry should immediately deny that Kiev is now allowed to distribute Austrian passports.
However, the offer of millions to Russian pilots is more likely to fall into the category of desperate action anyway: if such deals could be made so easily, other generals in the 3,297 years of military history since the Battle of Kadesh would probably Would have come with this idea.
