Maksim Kuzminov, the 28-year-old Russian pilot of the Mi-8 helicopter who surrendered to Ukraine after landing in a Ukrainian airfield on Aug. 23, called on other Russian pilots to follow his example.

Maksim Kuzminov, the 28-year-old Russian pilot of the Mi-8 helicopter who surrendered to Ukraine after landing in a Ukrainian airfield on Aug. 23, called on other Russian pilots to follow his example.

  • operator@kbin.social
    1·
    10 months ago

    Can someone explain how a Russian helicopter can land in UA airfield without being shot down/at? It’s not like you can wave a white flag up there

    • tentaclius@kbin.social
      3·
      10 months ago

      The pilot made Ukrainian special services aware of his intend to surrender. There was a corridor organized for him.
      I have read in another article that the pilot was somehow shot and injured in the process, it’s unclear why.

    • spiritusmaximus@kbin.social
      2·
      10 months ago

      It happens all the time, there are procedures and ways to signal.

      I know couple of similar instances, even more extreme than this, that worked out.