A relative of Maxim Kuzminov did not confirm media reports that he had a wife. Some Ukrainian media write that the defector’s wife allegedly came to Spain.
The father of Russian pilot Nikita Kiryanov, who died during the hijacking of a Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine, told RT that he does not believe journalists’ reports about the death of a defector in Spain. According to the man, such information had already appeared in the media at the end of autumn, but the publications turned out to be fake.