Section: Australia
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Russia frees Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko in dramatic prisoner swap
Russia and Ukraine completed a high-level prisoner swap on Wednesday, trading a Ukrainian helicopter pilot dubbed the country’s “Joan of Arc” for two Russian servicemen accused of being members of Russian military intelligence. …read more Source: The Sydney Morning...
‘I have survived because of you’
RUSSIA has freed a Ukrainian pilot two years after she was captured in exchange for two Russian prisoners as she thanks Ukrainians for their support. …read more Source:...
Moscow frees jailed Ukraine pilot in prisoner swap
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrives home in Kiev after nearly two years in a Russian jail, as part of a prisoner swap in which two Russians held in Ukraine were returned to Moscow. …read more Source: ABC...
Kiev’s ‘Joan of Arc’ released
A servicewoman proclaimed Ukraine’s 21st-century Joan of Arc arrived home last night after two years in a Russian jail. …read more Source: THE...
Putin says widows of killed journalists asked for Savchenko pardon (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the widows of two Russian journalists killed in eastern Ukraine had asked him to pardon Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, convicted of complicity in their deaths. …read more Source: The West...
Two Russian prisoners, swapped for Ukrainian pilot, land in Moscow (AFP)
Moscow (AFP) – Two alleged Russian soldiers who were sentenced to 14 years in prison by Kiev for fighting alongside rebels in eastern Ukraine landed in Moscow on Wednesday in a swap for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, Russian television showed. …read more Source: The West...
Savchenko: Ukraine’s defiant symbol of resistance to Russia (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was freed from jail in Russia as part of a prisoner exchange on Wednesday, has been condemned by Moscow as a murderer but is viewed by many in her Western-friendly country as a national hero. …read more Source: The West...
Seven Ukrainian soldiers killed in war-torn east (AFP)
Kiev (AFP) – Seven Ukrainian soldiers have died in the war-torn east over the past 24 hours, the biggest casualty toll in a single day this year, Kiev said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The West...
TWO YEARS AGO WAS AN ACT OF GROSS MASS MURDER
A coroner has found the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine almost two years ago was an act of gross mass murder. He delivered the finding after conducting an inquest at the request of the families of six New South Wales victims who were among the…(??????? ????? ????? ????????? ????? ?????? ????????, ?? ???????? ????? ?? ?????? ????? MH17...
Gorby backs Putin on Crimea
Mikhail Gorbachev has backed Vladimir Putin’s seizure of Crimea. …read more Source: THE...
