A Russian court declared Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko guilty of murder and sentenced her to 22 years in prison Tuesday, one year less than the prosecution requested.
Savchenko was charged with killing two Russian journalists in 2014 while fighting in a Ukrainian volunteer battalion in eastern Ukraine. Russian authorities have accused her of directing mortar fire that resulted in the journalists’ deaths and of “illegally crossing” into Russia. Ukrainian officials argue that Savchenko was abducted across the border by Russian-backed separatists before the attack occurred.
Savchenko has maintained that she is innocent since her capture. Still, her attorneys have said that she …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
