Russian pilot who fled to Ukraine killed in Spain
Russian pilot who fled to Ukraine killed in Spain
A Russian helicopter pilot who fled to Ukraine has died, according to reports from Kiev. Christoph Wanner summarizes the current situation of the war in Ukraine.
He made headlines when he handed over his helicopter to the Ukrainian military and received the equivalent of nearly half a million euros. Now the Russian pilot has been found dead in Spain. Moscow responded with glee.
EA Russian helicopter pilot who fled to Ukraine has died, according to reports from Kiev. He did not provide any further information about the circumstances of his death.
The media had previously reported on the death of Maxim Kuzmino. Accordingly, his body was found in Spain. “He brought his ex and was shot dead,” the web portal wrote Ukrainian Pravda Citing its own intelligence sources.
Spanish authorities are yet to confirm the identity of the deceased. Police said on Tuesday that documents found in the files of the slain man in La Cala, near Alicante, identified him as a 33-year-old Ukrainian.
In the government's first statement in Madrid on the case, spokeswoman María Pilar Alegría answered questions from journalists on Tuesday: “In this case, investigations are ongoing, so we cannot provide any information at this stage.” Police Division) Guardia Civil to provide their support, finish the job and wait for the results of the investigation.
In Moscow, a Secret Service agent responded with glee at the death. “This traitor and criminal became a moral corpse the moment he planned his dirty and terrible crime,” Sergei Naryshkin, head of Russia's foreign intelligence service SWR, was quoted as saying by state news agency Tass on Tuesday.
Kuzminov flew from Russia to Ukraine in August last year in a fully equipped Mi-8 military helicopter. After landing at a Ukrainian military airfield, two other crew members were shot dead while trying to escape, Ukrainian sources said.
The Russian received the equivalent of 460,000 euros from Kiev for this crime. State television in Moscow announced in the fall that the Russian secret service had received an order to kill a man considered a traitor.
Ukraine has been fending off a Russian invasion for nearly two years. In April 2022, Kiev set rewards for Russian military equipment handed over to Ukraine. The Ukrainian government has promised Russian defectors the equivalent of 920,000 euros as the maximum reward for a fighter jet.
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