Captured Russian soldiers name money as motivation to fight in Ukraine

He shared the information on Espreso TV.

“In a conversation with one of the captured occupiers, we asked him why they are going to this war. According to him, their main motivation is to make money. Although, apparently, this is not their main, but their only goal. They are promised a large sum of money for participating in the Russian-Ukrainian war. In principle, that's all. They are not motivated enough to reach our positions and die. They are sent to storm our positions, and if they refuse, they are threatened to be killed by their own men,” said Kozhubenko.

According to the officer, better-trained Russian assault units receive significantly higher payments compared to standard units.

“There are also well-trained elite assault units of the occupiers. They have been trained for this purpose and do not know how to do anything else. Of course, they receive other payments. Therefore, the main goal of the occupiers to go to this war is to make money, and the other is not to die at the hands of their own citizens,” he added.

• On September 6, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that since the beginning of the day on September 5, 181 combat clashes took place at the front, 51 of which were recorded in the Pokrovsk sector.
• Over the past day, the Russian army lost 1,170 soldiers in the war in Ukraine. Ukrainian forces eliminated 7 tanks and a Russian air defense system