INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
to Ukraine with a military helicopter, the national daily El Paisreported Thursday, citing anonymous sources.Maxim Kuzminov flew his Mi-8
helicopter into Ukraine in August, saying he opposed Russia's military offensive
Two fellow servicemen unaware of his plans to defect were killed while trying to flee after landing in Ukraine.Spanish police confirmed this
13 in the town of Villajoyosa near Alicante in southern Spain belonged to Kuzminov
identity this week after initial news of his death under a false Ukrainian name failed to gain traction.The news outlet El Periodico on
death."This traitor and criminal became a moral corpse at the very moment when he planned his dirty and terrible crime," SVR head Sergei
Naryshkin said Tuesday without confirming or denying Russian involvement.In October, Russian state television reported that the GRU had
"been given the order" to eliminate Kuzminov."It's just a matter of time," a journalist for Russia's Channel One said in a TV report
after talking to Russian special forces, who claimed to be on the hunt for the "traitor."The Kremlin said Tuesday it did not have any
information on Kuzminov's death.AFP contributed reporting.
