Maksim Kuzminov, who changed sides in secret operation, killed after allegedly moving to Alicante, reports suggest

A Russian helicopter pilot who defected to Ukraine last year in a secret operation has been found dead in Spain, according to the main military intelligence agency in Kyiv.

Reports in Russian and Spanish media on Monday said Maksim Kuzminov was found dead after allegedly moving to the town of Villajoyosa in Alicante on the Mediterranean coast, in an area popular with holidaymakers. His body was discovered last Tuesday, it was said, on the car park ramp underneath an apartment block.

The reports claimed he had been murdered by unknown gunmen who fired 12 shots. A burnt-out car was discovered nearby in the Costa Blanca town of El Campello. Spanish police had initially thought the shooting was gang-related before reportedly learning of the victim’s extraordinary backstory and his former role in Russia’s war and invasion.

    • febra@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      9 months ago

      And who will take out Putin? I don’t think it’s that easy to get to him. Especially without starting a broader war.

      • thragtacular@kbin.social
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        9 months ago

        You don’t have to take anyone out. Completely cut them off from the rest of the world. Nothing in, nothing out. No financial transactions. Seize all Russian owned assets outside of Russia.

        Squeeze the body hard enough and the head will pop.

        • SolarMech@slrpnk.netEnglish
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          9 months ago

          It has literally been tried. You don’t control the world. China, North Korea, Iran and India get to do what they want. They have their own interests too look out for and could care less about a European country being invaded by another European country.

          • thragtacular@kbin.social
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            9 months ago

            Ah yes, that well-known financial bastion of… North Korea… where all oligarchs go to hide their money.

            I don’t think you know how financial transactions work.

            • FreddyDunningKruger@lemmy.mlEnglish
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              9 months ago

              I like to play a game with comments like yours. I call it “Bad Faith or Stupid”. OP also mentioned China, right? So did you ONLY pick the weakest example on his list to build a strawman in bad faith, or…