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Russian court sentences Ukraine's Savchenko to 22 years in jail
NNA – A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in jail after finding her guilty of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists during the separati …read more Source: National News...
Savchenko: Ukraine’s defiant symbol of resistance to Russia
Both the European Union and the United States stand by Savchenko’s assertion that she was abducted by pro-Moscow eastern Ukrainian separatists …read more Source: Gulf...
Russian court sentences Ukraine pilot to 22 years in prison
A court found Savchenko ‘guilty on all counts’ and sentenced her to 22 years in prison and a $440 fine at the end of a trial that has been slammed by the West and Kyiv as a political farce …read more Source: World...
Russian court sentences Ukraine’s Savchenko to 22 years in jail
A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in jail after finding her guilty of complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists during the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine. Savchenko, a 34-year-old who has become a national hero at home in Ukraine, was defiant as the verdict was read out,...
Ukraine to call up 10,000 soldiers in new mobilisation drive
Ukraine’s military will call up some 10,000 men and seek volunteers to replace some of the 45,000 soldiers who are due to return home after more than a year on the front lines in the separatist east, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday …read more Source: The Daily...
Kremlin confirms a meeting between Putin and Kerry
Moscow, SANA, The main topics of discussion at the upcoming meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US Secretary of State John Kerry will likely be the situations in Syria and Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. Russia and the US agreed on the cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria that came into effect on 27...
Russian court begins delivering verdict in Ukraine pilot trial
Donetsk, Russia // A Russian court yesterday began delivering its verdict in the high-profile murder trial of Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadiya Savchenko, which Kiev and the West have slammed as a political sham.Prosecutors are demanding a 23-year jail term for Savchenko’s alleged involvement in the killing of two Russian state TV...
Russian judge says Ukrainian pilot Savchenko killed reporters
A Russian judge on Monday said Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko was complicit in the killing of two Russian journalists, an assertion certain to inflame already dire relations between Moscow and Kiev.Savchenko, 34, was captured by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 during the separatist conflict there and handed over to Russia...
Ukrainian pilot killed reporters, Russian judge rules
Savchenko, 34, was captured by pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine in June 2014 during the separatist conflict …read more Source: Gulf...
Russia finds Ukraine pilot guilty over journalists’
A Russian court on March 21 found Ukrainian combat pilot Nadiya Savchenko guilty over the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn east Ukraine, in a trial condemned by Kyiv and the West as a political sham …read more Source: Hurriyet Daily...
