2023-09-04 18:59:34
kyiv explains that it prepared “for months” for this operation after being contacted by the Russian pilot, named Maxime Kouzminov, who demanded security guarantees.
A Russian Mi-8 helicopter pilot opposed to the invasion has defected and joined Ukraine at the controls of his aircraft during a secretly mounted special operation, Ukrainian military intelligence said in a statement on Monday (September 4th). “The pilot is now in Ukraine” while “the other two crew members who did not know of his intentions and did not surrender died after landing“, he explained.
kyiv explains that it has preparedfor monthsThis operation after being contacted by the Russian pilot, named Maxime Kouzminov, who demanded security guarantees.
He hijacked his device by flying “at very low altitude”
When he had the opportunity while flying near the border, he hijacked his aircraft by flying “at very low altitude“to the specified location”for the handing over of his helicopter to the Ukrainian military“, Details the ministry, without specifying the date of the operation.
According to Ukrainian military intelligence, he served in the 319th helicopter regiment of the Russian air force headquartered in Primorsky, in the Russian Far East.
At the same time, his family was transported to Ukraine “safelywrites Ukrainian military intelligence.
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