Spanish media report the discovery of a corpse in Alicante. Maxim Kuzminov hijacked a Russian Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine in 2023.

The criminal case against him will be conducted by the FSB. The dead Russian soldiers who were in the helicopter were 28-year-old flight mechanic Nikita Kiryanov and pilot-navigator Khushbakht Tursunov. They did not want to give up after the helicopter landed on Ukrainian territory, they said.