Russian defector's violent death in Spain seen as warning to Ukraine war critics

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In this photo taken Sept. 5, 2023 Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov attends a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine. Spanish police say they suspect the bullet-riddled body of a man found in an eastern town is that of Russian defector Maksim Kuzminov, who flew a Russian army helicopter on his escape across the Ukrainian front lines last year.

The apparent violent death of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, whose dramatic defection was touted by Ukraine, highlights the safety risks of those who loudly resist Moscow's invasion of its neighbour.Maxim Kuzminov, seen in Kyiv, Ukraine, last September, flew a Russian helicopter into Ukraine last year and defected. Ukrainian officials say he died in Spain earlier this month.

"This traitor and criminal became a moral corpse at the very moment when he planned his dirty and terrible crime," Sergei Naryshkin was quoted as saying by TASS news agency.Navalny was Russia's highest-profile political prisoner. But there are more than 1,000 others Ukrainska Pravda newspaper quoted the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, Oleksiy Danilov, as saying Kyiv had advised Kuzminov to stay in Ukraine, where he "would have been protected."

 

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