Maxim Kuzminov, a former Russian military pilot who defected to Ukraine by hijacking an Mi-8 helicopter, was assassinated in Spain. According to The New York Times, Kuzminov was attacked by unknown assailants who shot him six times with a Makarov pistol and then ran over him with a car. The Spanish Civil Guard is involved in the investigation of the murder, which appears to have been a targeted killing. Kuzminov, who had been living a lavish lifestyle in Spain, driving an S-Class Mercedes, reached out to an old flame after his defection, a move described by a Ukrainian official as a 'grave mistake.'
Former Russian military pilot Maksim Kuzminov, a defector, reached out to an old flame after fleeing to Spain. “This was a grave mistake,” one Ukrainian official said. https://t.co/a93iaojD8G
Russian military defector hunted down in Spain. https://t.co/qpz4iHHYMS? https://t.co/EMaFQH7KUc
The Russian Mi-8 pilot who defected to Ukraine was аssаssinatеd by professionals in Spain He made a deal with Ukrainians, who kiIIеd his crew as soon as the helicopter landed https://t.co/sSKQKDO4hr
🇷🇺Traitor pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who hijacked the Mi-8 to Ukraine and was killed in Spain, lived in grand style and drove an S-Class Mercedes. The killers fired 6 bullets from a Makarov pistol at him and ran over him with a car several times The New York Times published an… https://t.co/TULw7MEIKv
🇪🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺🚨‼️ “Ey Maxim that’s what traitors get.” How the retribution carried out against the traitor Kuzminov, who killed his colleagues and fled to Ukraine: “Two attackers got out of the car, called out to him and opened fire. Despite being hit by six bullets, most of which… https://t.co/eP8QKULWoz
The New York Times reports that pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who hijacked an Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine, was murdered by unknown assailants in a calculated attack in Spain. Kuzminov was shot six times and then run over by a car, according to sources within the Spanish Civil Guard.… https://t.co/tH9H8LBVwL