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Ukraine's military intelligence on Nov. 18 dismissed Russia's claims that a Ukrainian military pilot fled to Russia with his aircraft.
Earlier the same day, Russian state-run news agency TASS claimed that a Ukrainian Ka-52 helicopter pilot named Oleksiy Voyevoda supposedly flew over into Russian territory.
In response, Ukrainian military intelligence spokesman Andriy Yusov said that Russia created this propaganda to control for reputational damage that resulted from "mass surrender and defection by Russian occupiers, including officers and pilots with vehicles."
In September, Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov flew a Russian Mi-8 helicopter into Ukraine and surrendered it and himself to Ukrainian forces that coordinated the operation with him. Kuzminov's family had been covertly moved out of Russia before his own escape. He was awarded $500,000 bounty by the Ukrainian government.
After Kuzminov's defection went public, Ukrainian intelligence officials claimed they recorded a surge of Russian offers to surrender through the dedicated hotline.
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Tuesday, March 24
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Russia is constantly changing its tactics for massive strikes, "trying to find vulnerabilities" and break through Ukraine's air defenses, Serhii Flash said.
"Thanks to the SBU. I'm fine. Unlike the hitman. Russia should burn," Serhii Sternenko wrote on Telegram on March 24.
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Russia launched a combined missile and drone attack on multiple Ukrainian cities overnight on March 24, local officials reported.
The number includes 890 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
"The geopolitical situation has become more complicated," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The 61-year-old passenger was killed by a Russian FPV drone.
Monday, March 23
President Volodymyr Zelensky said on March 23 that Ukrainian intelligence believes Russian forces may be preparing a new, large-scale attack, and urged citizens to remain alert for air raid warnings.
Neither Russia nor Iran has publicly reacted to Zelensky's claim at the time of publication. Zelensky's statement comes as the Middle East tensions surge in the fourth week of the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran.
