This sounds like a quick way to have families of Russian soldiers pressured, harassed, imprisoned, or otherwise targeted by authorities or even other civilians.
Furthermore, quite a lot of soldiers actually care about their country and don’t want to betray it so completely as would be required here. There’s a very large psychological difference between a few groups deserting under intolerable conditions, and wholesale permanent paid defection to assure the failure of their home country’s military.
This sounds like a quick way to have families of Russian soldiers pressured, harassed, imprisoned, or otherwise targeted by authorities or even other civilians.
Furthermore, quite a lot of soldiers actually care about their country and don’t want to betray it so completely as would be required here. There’s a very large psychological difference between a few groups deserting under intolerable conditions, and wholesale permanent paid defection to assure the failure of their home country’s military.