28-year-old Captain Maxim Kuzminov seized control of a Russian armored combat Mi-8 helicopter and brought it safely to an airbase in the Kharkiv region in August of 2023.
According to a pro-Russian Spanish source cited in another Ukrainian article, he was shot 12 times and run over by a car before being found dead on February 13.
Edit: Clarified that the source is pro-Russian (as per the Ukrainian source and as evident).
According to a pro-Russian Spanish source cited in another Ukrainian article, he was shot 12 times and run over by a car before being found dead on February 13.
Edit: Clarified that the source is pro-Russian (as per the Ukrainian source and as evident).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/19/russian-helicopter-pilot-defected-found-dead-spain-says-ukraine-security-agency
The Guardian is also covering it.