Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency
Russian pilot who defected found dead in Spain, says Ukraine security agency
Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggest
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv.
Reports in Russian and Spanish media on Monday said Maksim Kuzminov was found dead after allegedly moving to the town of Villajoyosa in Alicante on the Mediterranean coast, in an area popular with holidaymakers. His body was discovered last Tuesday, it was said, on the car park ramp underneath an apartment block.
The reports claimed he had been murdered by unknown gunmen who fired 12 shots. A burnt-out car was discovered nearby in the Costa Blanca town of El Campello. Spanish police had initially thought the shooting was gang-related before reportedly learning of the victim’s extraordinary backstory and his former role in Russia’s war and invasion.
I think the guilty party could only be more obvious if he'd fallen out of a window...
104Yeah, that's the point of making an example of someone. Russia is a mafia mascarading as a country.
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At least he died on the correct side of history.
90You know it is small condolences, but still not nothing. I would hope that I will be able to say that for myself.
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That’s really scary to think they tracked him down like that. Like it’s one guy, let it go.
86Russia continues to kill in European soil with 0 consequences.
69Well Europe is massively supporting and supplying Ukraine with weapons. De facto Russia is in a proxy war with the US/Nato/EU.
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And pisspants everywhere will sit by and let Putin get away with yet another murder.
67And who will take out Putin? I don’t think it’s that easy to get to him. Especially without starting a broader war.
27I have been asking myself: what if he had say the German chancellor killed? What are we gonna do about it? Do we invade Russia because of that? I don't think so. Alright, so what then? Send some assassins his way? Nope, not gonna happen. Probably more safety protocols for high ranking politicians and that's it. I honestly think Putin could just get away with it.
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He looks so young. War is terrible
25This is the best summary I could come up with:
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv.
Reports in Russian and Spanish media on Monday said Maksim Kuzminov was found dead after allegedly moving to the town of Villajoyosa in Alicante on the Mediterranean coast, in an area popular with holidaymakers.
Spanish police had initially thought the shooting was gang-related before reportedly learning of the victim’s extraordinary backstory and his former role in Russia’s war and invasion.
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s GUR intelligence agency, said his officers had persuaded Kuzminov to defect during an elaborate six-month operation.
Some Russian commentators close to the Russia’s defence ministry claimed reports about Kuzminov’s killing were planted by Ukraine’s intelligence services to fake the pilot’s death.
In 2006, two killers working for Moscow’s federal security service, the FSB, poisoned the Russian dissident Alexander Litvinenko with a radioactive cup of tea.
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8Well, at least we know the West doesn't just not give a fuck if witnesses and whistleblowers die, they don't give a fuck if someone who straight up gave them an attack helicopter dies either.
-10What do you want them to do, build a time machine and go back to save him?
16noobs, rez now or you're kicked off the raid team
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