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Jailed Ukraine pilot heads home under prisoner swap with Russia: sources


Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko was heading home on a plane from Russian captivity on Wednesday, part of an exchange for two Russians detained in Ukraine, two sources close to the swap told Reuters.
Handing over Savchenko, whose release has been demanded by Western governments and who has become a national hero in Ukraine, would ease tensions between Moscow and the West a few weeks before the European Union decides whether to extend sanctions against Russia.
There was no official confirmation of the exchange, but the two sources close to the arrangements said it was already underway.
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Source: Antigua Observer

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