Ukraine updates: Defected Russian pilot found dead in Spain
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected has been found dead in Spain, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Meanwhile, Ukraine has called…
The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with an Mi-8 helicopter was shot to death in Spain
Russian Pilot Maksym Kuzminov during press conference with Ukrainian press in Kyiv, Ukraine. Vitalii Nosach/Global Images Ukraine/Getty Images Maksym Kuzminov,…
Russian Chopper Pilot Who Defected to Ukraine Found Dead in Spain
NurPhoto/Getty Images The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine last year by flying a military Mi-8 helicopter across the shared…
The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is now providing key aviation intelligence to Ukraine, defense agency says
A Ukrainian official and defected Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot, Captain Maksim Kuzminov, sit during a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine,…
Putin doesn’t even trust his own bodyguards and gives them fake travel plans, says former guard who defected
Left: President Vladimir Putin on a train in 2013. Right: Former FSO officer Vitaly Brizhaty in an interview released September…
The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter said he flew 32 feet above the ground to avoid being seen and turned off his transponder, per the WSJ
Left: A Russian Mi-8 military helicopter in Russia on January 19, 2022; Right: The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine published a…
The Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine said he did it to avoid being involved in ‘genocide’
A man identified as Maxim Kuzminov by Ukraine's Defense Intelligence, seen in a video interview published on September 3, 2023.…
The Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with a Mi-8 helicopter is encouraging other Russians to do the same, promising they’ll be taken care of for life
The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine published a video interview with Maxim Kuzminov, the Russian pilot who it said defected to…
Amid a slogging counteroffensive, Ukraine sees a day of good fortune: a Russian air defense system was destroyed, one Russian pilot successfully defected, and, now, the Wagner leader may be dead.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of the Wagner private-mercenary group. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova/File Photo Ukraine has made advances but at the expense…
Ukraine to Russia: Your ‘Lost’ Mi-8 Pilot Actually Defected
Anton Vaganov/Reuters A Russian pilot who recently vanished along with his Mi-8 chopper and entire crew is actually in Ukraine…