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The VilaWeb Catalan media outlet does not exclude that Russian secret services were involved in the murder of Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who handed a helicopter over to Ukraine, in the Spanish municipality Vila Joiosa.

The Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, aged 28-years-old, who reportedly defected to Ukraine back in Aug. 2023 was found shot to death in Spain.

A Russian pilot who defected to Ukraine with his helicopter was the victim of a shooting last week, Ukrainian media says.

UK Defence Intelligence believes that Russian forces need time to re-equip and rest after the occupation of the town of Avdiivka, although in the coming weeks, they will try to expand their territorial gains.

Ukrainian troops in Donbas began preparations for Russia's full-scale invasion as early as the autumn of 2021. Source: Oleksandr Pavliuk, Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who was in charge of the Joint Forces Operation in Donbas at the time of the outbreak of the full-scale war, in an interview with Radio Liberty Quote: "There were all the signs that we would encounter the enemy, and not only from the occupied part of Donbas, where the Luhansk People'...

Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has reported that Russia sends specially trained units to the occupied territories of Ukraine to generate the desired number of votes during so-called "elections", such as the Russian Federation presidential "election" scheduled for next month.

Mykhailo Fedorov, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine, has spoken with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk about Russian occupiers' use of Starlink satellite communication systems at the contact line even before the issue became public.

Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who transferred a Russian Mi-8 helicopter to Ukrainian territory in the summer of 2023, has been found dead in Spain. Source: a Ukrainska Pravda source in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU); DIU press service in a comment to Ukrainska Pravda Quote from the source: "He [Kuzminov] decided to move to Spain instead of staying here [in Ukraine - ed.

Counting the cost of capturing Avdiivka. Russia paid a heavy price for victory over Ukraine for the strategic town.

Ukraine's Defence Intelligence has said that Russian occupation authorities in Ukraine are endeavouring to exert more information and psychological influence on Ukrainian citizens under Russian occupation, for example by connecting local TV viewers to Russian World TV, a Russian satellite television service.