Maxim Kuzminov, a pilot of the Russian Air Force who led the 5th in Ukraine and Spain, defected to Ukraine in a helicopter last week and was killed in Spain last week.
EFE reported that on the 13th of this month, people found Kuzminov's body in the town of Villahoyosa, in the southern Spanish city of Alicante. He fled to Ukraine, incognito, and lived in Spain with a Ukrainian passport.
There is *** said that Kuzminov's body was found by his ex-girlfriend, who was preparing to flee Ukraine for Spain, where he found his ex-girlfriend.
Spanish police have confirmed that the victim was shot but did not reveal his true identity, saying he used a false identity while in Spain.
Ukraine's **, citing the Spanish National Defense Forces, said that the man had been run over by a sedan and that he had wounds from six to six bullets on his body.
According to the investigation of the local police, the place where Maxim was killed was his private residence, and Maxim was killed on the spot after being hit by several bullets. At one point, the police found two gunmen, but the gunman fled the town by car and burned his car, and he has not yet been identified.
Spain's National Defense Forces later told Russia's Sputnik news agency that it could not confirm the claims of the death of the fleeing driver.
A spokeswoman for Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Agency confirmed Kuzminov's death to Reuters and Ukrainian News Agency on the evening of the 22nd, but did not disclose the cause of his death. Kuzminov was killed,says Ukrainska Pravda.
Kuzminov defected to Ukraine from Russia's Kursk Oblast in August while he was flying on an Mi-8 transport plane. The two people who were on the plane did not know in advance that they refused to surrender after landing in Ukraine and were killed by Russian troops. Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Agency said it offered a $500,000 bonus to the company after planning an anti-Kuzminov operation.
According to a report by the United States**, Kuzminov was the first Soviet driver to defect since a special Russian strike against Ukraine in February this year.