Russian pilot reveals details of flying mi8 to Ukraine and persuading crew to surrender 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 but they got scare turned aggressive and ran towards the Border after landing the Russian pilot spoke about this during a press conference in
Kiev I had two crew members with me we did not have any weapons with us our pilots fly unarmed no one could resist me since the Navigator had no helicopter piloting skills I reassured the guys telling them everything was fine good people lived here and nothing would go wrong but they got afraid began
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behaving aggressively and eventually rushed out of the helicopter towards the Border I don't know their fate but the media reports suggest they may have been kille kuzminov said the pilot said he didn't just hijack the helicopter he officially piloted it from point A to point B as the route and Landing site had been
agreed in advance kuzminov said they took off at 16 30 from the Kursk Airfield to khakive oblast about 20 kilometers from the border then near Russia's Village of shebekino he flew at an extremely low altitude 5 to 10 meters and in radio silence as he crossed the border he was fired upon I can't say for sure who
started it but I assumed it was the Russian side I was shot in the leg with small arms I then flew about 20 kilometers away and landed at the designated location the pilot said he claims that he has only performed transport operations to move military personnel or cargo not bombing I was in mariapol and birdyansk he
supposedly fought in the War With Tears in his eyes kuzminov is now considering joining Ukrainian Aviation he added that the initial information on the opportunity to surrender with a helicopter came from police officers and then the defense intelligence of Ukraine joined the operation the pilot he said was
promised payments under a special law new documents and security for himself and his relatives the helicopter is now part of the aircraft unit of the defense intelligence of Ukraine .
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