Russian pilot Kuzminov can help fight against the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Yusov (video)
He reported this during a press conference at Midea Center Ukraine. "Maxim is a free man in a free country. He can tell about his future. To the best of his intention to join the Security Sector of Ukraine's defense and continue to counteract the Russian military aggression and a genocide war," Andrey Yusov said.
"Today in the hands of Ukrainian security and defense forces-earlier the Russian helicopter Mi-8 2016 production, that is, fresh, together with a pilot, which not only went to the side Its independence and sovereignty, "said Andrei Yusov. In addition, the pilot himself Maxim Kuzminov noted that he had received a proposal to stay in Ukraine. "In the future, I want to associate my life with aviation. I have received the proposal to stay here.
I will consider, perhaps, I will answer positively," the Russian pilot said. Andriy Yusov stressed that the entrance of the special operation "Sinitsa" Ukraine received an enemy equipment that will no longer work on the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, but will assist Ukraine. The Armed Forces also won "information", a load that was transported by the helicopter, and a pilot.
He is convinced that Kuzminov went to the side of Ukraine not because of mercantile reasons, because in the Russian Federation pilots have a decent salary. Nevertheless, Ukraine guaranteed a reward of $ 500,000. The Russian pilot stated that he decided to cooperate with GUR because of unwillingness to participate in crimes of the Russian Federation. Maxim Kuzminov was signed for GUR group in Telegram. Under one of the publications, he saw the contacts he addressed.
After that, they created a secret chat, and correspondence began between representatives of the Ukrainian intelligence and the Russian pilot. He stressed that no one had imposed his opinion, it was only his decision. "I have a plane, two apartments, almost a pension in Russia. Much has really kept there, but now it is not important to me. It was most important not to participate in these crimes," he explained. Watch from 20:00.
On September 2, the head of the GUR MO Kiril Budanov said that a Russian helicopter Mi-8 was landing in the Kharkiv region, whose pilot overtook Mi-8 AMSH helicopter to Ukraine, which loaded components for combat aircraft. The intelligence unnoticed the whole family of the pilot from the Russian Federation and helped to overtake the aircraft with a crew, which they wanted to capture, however, according to Budanov, "unfortunately, they were destroyed.