Spain has promised to give an “appropriate response” after the completion of the investigation into the case of refugee pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who flew the Mi-8 helicopter to the Ukrainian side in 2023. This was announced by Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albarez. TASS.
“The police are investigating, so I wanted to be informed about it,” he said. “The reaction will be proportionate to the measures taken,” the minister said, emphasizing that after the investigation, Spain will give the “appropriate reaction” in a timely manner in the case of asylum seeker Kuzminov.
Before reportedHe said Spanish authorities provided fake documents to pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who fled Russia. It also became known that Kuzminov was hiding under the name Igor Shevchenko.
In 2023, Kuzminov stole a Russian military Mi-8 helicopter from an airport in Kursk and flew it to the Kharkov region. In October 2023, unnamed Russian military intelligence officers announced that “an order has already been received” about the pilot.
Previously Medvedev commented the fate of the refugee Kuzminov.