r/UkrainianConflict • u/Dances_With_Seagulls • 1d ago

'One million rubles for each drone destroyed'

https://www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/one-million-rubles-for-each-drone-destroyed/459436
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u/Fost_NZ 1d ago

Then there is the trap inherent in wanting this pay out or share of a payout the person needs to be part of a registered mobile fire group - and as quoted from the article "Joining a mobile fire group requires signing a contract with the Ministry of Defence". How likely is the contract anyone signs being a general service contract that then a) allows the Russian MoD to ship you off to the front and b) can't be got out of when you realise this.

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u/amitym 1d ago

How likely

Trick question. Once the probability hits 1.0 it starts being called a "certainty."

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u/PublicfreakoutLoveR 1d ago

don't worry about small print comrade

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u/Fost_NZ 1d ago

No comrade, you are to sign the contract not read it.

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u/crafty_alias 1d ago

Also, the money, which comes from the regional budget, will only be paid if the targeted facility suffers no damage. Lol

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u/YsoL8 21h ago

I don't know why Russia bothers with the pretense of contracts meaning a damned thing

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u/Specialist_Ad4675 21h ago

I believe putin is what you would call "lawful evil". The regime would rather have a paper trail to justify everything as opposed to openly violate laws. Don't get me wrong, they will violate their own laws as well when in a real bind. I hope they get to that point soon, as that means the end is near.

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u/10ecjohnUTM 1d ago

Send as many easily targeted (slow and low)garbage grade unarmed drones as possible just to watch them pay big bucks for junk.

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u/croweslikeme 1d ago

Send them with bullet holes already in the frame

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u/Espressodimare 1d ago

That's like 1 potato. 

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u/EcoKllr 1d ago

2 potato

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u/Informal_Ad_9610 1d ago

I give 3 potato..

and a vodka bottle....

empty.

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u/barnabywombat 1d ago

Didn't Mr Pablo Escobar the great pay his stooges $1m for every policia that met an unfortunate fate?

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u/Belltower_2 20h ago

And we all know what happened to him. Once it became clear that he was using his "prison" as a taxpayer-funded HQ, police besieged it, forcing Escobar to flee into the mountains. There, he had to burn his bills to keep warm, and when police caught up with him again, they didn't bother with the Law: they just shot him in the head.

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u/KuhlCaliDuck 1d ago

They could shoot down 99 drones and if one drone gets through to cause damage then there is no payment.

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u/xx31315 1d ago

“Congrats, comrade! You've registered in the Russian Army, and sent into a Mobile Fire Group. You have taken down 3 drones tonight, that's 3 million rubles. A fourth drone has reached the Data Center. Y'all are in... a bit indebted, let's say...”

XD

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u/16v_cordero 1d ago

I somehow doubt that they will pay at all. They might pay the first guy that voluntarily will give the money back to them for “patriotic reasons”.

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u/JubJub964 1d ago

That’s currently just under $12,000

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u/Iwentforalongwalk 1d ago

That's like what, $12,000 dollars? 

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u/amitym 1d ago

How many do you have to destroy to get them to keep the rubles?

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u/ParticularArea8224 23h ago

State budgets go BRRRRRRR