Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Russian pilot who brought Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine calls upon other Russians to follow his example Maksim Kuzminov, pilot of a ...

Maxim Kuzminov, the pilot of the Russian Mi-8 helicopter that ended up in Ukraine, has revealed that during the final stage of the operation, he persuaded the crew to surrender to the Ukrainian side, ...

The pilot of a Russian military helicopter has defected to Ukraine, delivering his fully-intact aircraft and crew to Kyiv’s forces. Ukrainian military intelligence on 23 August said it had engineered ...

A Russian helicopter pilot landed on a Ukrainian air base in what Ukrainian officials claimed was a planned defection. The pilot landed a Russian Mi-8 AMTSh at the Poltava military air base in Kharkiv ...

A RUSSIAN pilot who defected to Ukraine with an Mi-8 armoured helicopter has been shot dead in Spain sparking fears of another Kremlin murder. Maxim Kuzminov, 33, was found with multiple gunshot ...

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You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The pilot who pulled off a first-of-its-kind defection from Russia to Ukraine flew 32 feet above the ...