Report: Russian Ka-52 pilot who posted farewell video is alive and has gone AWOL

Alexei Zemtsov, a Ka-52 helicopter pilot and senior lieutenant who runs the Z-channel “Voevoda Veshchaet” (Voevoda Broadcasts), posted a video saying he intended to “exercise the right of a final officer’s honor.” “If you are watching this video, it means I am already gone,” he says in the recording. The channel has more than 170,000 subscribers.