Image: Nadia Savchenko (Author: Inter Ukrainian TV Channel Youtube Stream)
When Nadia Savchenko was a girl, her favorite pastime was playing war with the boys in her Kiev neighborhood.
She was so single-minded about the military that it didn’t surprise those who knew her when she chose it as a career.
She became a household name in Ukraine — if not yet a hero — by becoming the country’s first woman fighter pilot and the only woman to serve in its peacekeeping force in Iraq.
An outstanding military career seemed assured.
Then fate stepped in: Separatist forces captured her as she was fighting on …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
