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.

  • HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    That’s working so well with the DPRK, though.

    And Russia has a lot more resources and infrastructure to dig in with.

    • thragtacular@kbin.social
      81·
      10 months ago

      The moment that the oligarchs and their precious babies can’t winter in Cancun because their passports are worthless is the moment things start to change. Rapidly.

      There is no such structure in the DPRK. It’s an enforced religious cult masquerading as a country.