Russian Helicopter Pilot Who Defected to Ukraine With Mi-8 found shot dead in Spain.

[Swede]

Putin's reach is long.

Andriy Yusov, spokesperson for the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (HUR), confirmed to Kyiv Post the death of Russian pilot Kuzminov, who seized control of a Russian armored combat Mi-8 helicopter and brought it safely to an airbase in the Kharkiv region back in August of 2023.

"We can confirm the fact of death," Yusov told Kyiv Post, providing no additional details.

According to Russian media, Maksim Kuzminov was shot dead, with at least five bullets in his body. He was found in an underground parking lot in the municipality of Villajoyosa, in the province of Alicante, Spain.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/28305?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Feuropeannews

[marble falls]

1. Living large while on the run from Putin is not good strategy. He should have laid-up in Ukraine.

[former9thward]

2. Pity the West was unable to protect him.

[lostnfound]

9. My reaction too.

I wouldn’t think Spain would be the most secure place for sure. But letting Putin make an example of people who flee — to Britain, to Washington, to Spain — gives him strength he doesn’t deserve to have.

[Chainfire]

3. He had to know when he stole the plane that that was the most likely way he would end up.

Dictators have long arms and unlimited budgets.

[Aristus]

4. An Mi-8 is a helicopter.

n/t

[Chainfire]

5. Yea, of course it is. It is an airplane with a horizontal propeller.

[Liberal In Texas]

7. No. Not an airplane or plane, a helicopter and they're rotors not propellers.

plane
1a: to fly while keeping the wings motionless
b: to skim across the surface of the water
2: to travel by airplane

A helicopters airfoils are rotors and when they rotate they create lift.

Drives me crazy when people call helicopters planes.

[Chainfire]

8. I am sorry that it bugs you, it must make life difficult.

[Liberal In Texas]

10. It's a figure of speech. No need for your concern.

[Kennah]

6. KGB does not forget