Ukraine's efforts to rack up Russian defectors and their equipment helped land the country an Mi-8 helicopter and fighter jet parts

Ukraine's longstanding efforts to convince Russian soldiers to defect alongside their equipment paid off in a cinematic way this week. A Russian helicopter pilot landed an Mi-8 AMTSh on a Ukrainian air base on Wednesday in what Ukrainian officials said was the culmination of a six-month secret defection plot that involved moving the pilot's family out of Russia and into Ukraine.

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