Russian soldier will get $12,000 for destroying German tank in Ukraine | World News

A Russian soldier who destroyed a German-made Leopard tank in a battle in Ukraine has been given a 1 million rouble ($11,842) reward by a personal basis, Russia's defence ministry mentioned on Tuesday.

It printed a video displaying the soldier, Andrei Kravtsov, sitting on a hospital mattress and receiving a reward certificates from Alexander Karelin, a three-time Olympic champion in Greco-Roman wrestling.

The ministry didn't say when and the place Kravtsov had destroyed the tank or what he was being handled for in hospital. Within the video, he gave the impression to be lacking his proper hand.

Russia says its forces have destroyed various German-made Leopards and U.S.-supplied Bradley combating autos since Ukraine launched a counteroffensive earlier this month. Reuters couldn't independently confirm the numbers concerned.

The defence ministry final week mentioned it had paid particular person bonuses to greater than 10,000 Russian servicemen because the begin of the Ukraine battle - one thing Moscow calls a "particular army operation" - for destroying or capturing Ukrainian or Western-supplied hardware. It mentioned the speed was 100,000 roubles for a tank and 300,000 roubles for a aircraft.

Handing over the certificates for the personal bonus, Karelin informed Kravtsov: "These are great extra funds for many who trigger vital harm to the enemy, on high of what the state is doing."

The bonus was paid from a fund established by a personal group of entrepreneurs, an instance of how some Russian companies are looking for methods to publicly show their loyalty to the Kremlin's army marketing campaign in Ukraine.