Russian Helicopter Pilot Defects in Astonishing Saga Worthy of Hollywood

 

A Russian Mil Mi-8 military helicopter flies over a joint Russian and Turkish convoy (not pictured) as it patrolls in oil fields near the town of al-Qahtaniyah, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province close to the Turkish border, on February 4, 2021. (Photo by Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

It now seems that earlier reports that the crew of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter became lost and landed at a Ukrainian airfield by mistake concealed a far more surprising narrative.

Staff at the Ukrainian Poltava military airbase were surprised on the morning of Wednesday, Aug. 23 when a Russian Mi-8 AMTSH (NATO: Hip) armored combat helicopter, landed at the airfield.

Initial reports on Russian propaganda channels claimed the crew had become disoriented and landed at the base in error.

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