> I wonder if the Ukrainians could try to make it super easy and somewhat attractive for Russian soldiers to defect. That's what they constantly calling for: s

> I wonder if the Ukrainians could try to make it super easy and somewhat attractive for Russian soldiers to defect. That's what they constantly calling for: surrender if you're in the action. It's very attractive when the alternative is getting shot. Of course, there's matter of what to do with POWs after this is over, whether to kick them out back to Russia from them to taken to the wall or to the gulags. But that would be later. The problem is acting on that when you're a soldier. All soldiers of all countries are brainwashed into following orders, not making they personal educated decisions about every operation they participate in. It's also a bit hard to just go and surrender when you're not cued in into what's happening and was not following news for the past week from the comfort of your home. It's a bit hard to surrender immediately when your first contact with the other side starts with a strike on your column and gunfire in your direction.