A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine is dead, according to information from Kiev. According to media reports, the body was found in Spain.
The pilot flew from Russia to Ukraine in August last year with a fully equipped Mi-8 army helicopter. After landing at a Ukrainian military airfield, the other two crew members were shot while trying to escape. The Russian received the equivalent of over 460,000 euros from Kiev for the crime.. State television in Moscow reported in the fall that the Russian secret service had received the order to kill the man.