Killed by the Secret Service? Russian defector pilot probably shot dead in Spain. Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov deserted to Ukraine in a helicopter last year.
Russian state television reported that the Russian secret service had received the order to kill the pilot, who was considered a traitor. Despite being fired upon, he managed to land as planned at a military airfield in Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine. The 28-year-old pilot only flew at a height of ten meters during his escape and switched off his transponder.