![]() ![]() ![]() But “we all know what happens when you anger Mr Putin”, said a neighbour in a block adjoining Kuzminov’s. He had a new identity – a passport claimed he was Igor Shevchenko – and lived discreetly. Kuzminov must have calculated he could blend into the Russian and Ukrainian communities that fill this corner of Spain with Slavic languages, food and faces. The fantasy of escape ended on 13 February when gunmen shot the 28-year-old six times in his apartment complex’s underground car park, Luke Harding and Rory Carroll reported. Maksim Kuzminov, a Russian pilot who defected with his helicopter to Ukraine, chose afterwards to take his $500,000 reward and start a new life in Villajoyosa on the Costa Blanca. Photograph: Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto/Shutterstock View image in fullscreen Maksim Kuzminov in Kyiv in September 2023. While he still has high approval ratings among Ukrainians, he is no longer seen as untouchable. It may also be a difficult year for Zelenskiy internally. “The decisive moment will be the elections in the United States and then we will be able to understand what is going to happen next,” Zelenskiy told a press conference, perhaps the closest he can come to publicly acknowledging that a Trump presidency is likely to be an absolute disaster for Ukraine. The prime ministers of Italy, Canada and Belgium – Giorgia Meloni, Justin Trudeau and Alexander De Croo – were present as well as the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen.Īs Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its third year, Zelenskiy is facing what may be his toughest year yet, Shaun Walker wrote in an analysis he must hold together an exhausted society and try to rally splintering international support that has led to a critical shortage of ammunition at the front. Volodymyr Zelenskiy welcomed western leaders to Kyiv last Saturday on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, declaring that Vladimir Putin “must lose absolutely everything”. View image in fullscreen Justin Trudeau, Giorgia Meloni, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ursula von der Leyen and Alexander De Croo at a wreath-laying in Kyiv Photograph: Ukrainian presidency/AFP/Getty Images
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