"Russian Defector Maksim Kuzminov Found Dead in Spain: Ukraine's Defense Intelligence"

Maxim Kuzminov, a Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine by flying his helicopter across the border, has been found dead in Spain, according to Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate. The circumstances of his death are still under investigation, but his defection last year was the first successful operation of its kind, with Kuzminov fleeing Russia due to his opposition to the war. His two fellow Russian service members on board the helicopter were killed while trying to escape after realizing they had landed in Ukraine.