Maksim Kuzminov said he did not want to take part in Russia’s “genocide.”
A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine with his Mi-8 chopper said he did not want to continue taking part in the “genocide of the Ukrainian people” — and called on his former comrades to follow his example.
Kuzminov said that when he finally landed his helicopter in an airfield in the Kharkiv region on Aug. 23, it capped off a multi-agency special operation six months in the making. Kuzminov turned over his Mi-8 helicopter to Ukraine after landing at an airfield in the Kharkiv region.Then, Kuzminov realized during one recent flight that he was near the border with Ukraine — and decided to make a run for it.
“No one understood what was going on with me at all….I flew across [into Ukraine], landed, they met me, and explained everything to me.” Kuzminov wore a T-shirt with Ukraine’s coat of arms while saying he did not want to participate in Russia’s “genocide.”While decrying “the genocide of the Ukrainian people,” Kuzminov expressed confidence that the nation “will unequivocally win” the war because its people are united.The pilot also urged his former brothers-in-arms in the Russian military to follow in his footsteps.
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