Section: Australia&NZ
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...
The Latest: Putin: Ukrainian pilot freed due to mercy
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Latest on Ukrainian pilot Nadezda Savchenko (all times local):3:30 p.m.Russian President Vladimir Putin says in televised comments that he has decided to pardon Ukrainian pilot Nadezda Savchenko, who has… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Russia’s Putin says on TV that he has decided to pardon Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko
MOSCOW (AP) ” Russia’s Putin says on TV that he has decided to pardon Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko. …read more Source: The New Zealand...
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...
Lawyer: Groundwork being laid for possible Savchenko swap
MOSCOW (AP) ” A lawyer for one of two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine says the groundwork is being laid for a possible exchange with Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, who is imprisoned in Russia.Lawyer Valentin Rybin told… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine: 7 soldiers killed, 9 wounded in eastern clashes
MOSCOW (AP) ” Ukrainian officials say seven soldiers have been killed over the past day in rebellious eastern Ukraine.National Security Council head Oleksander Turchynov said Tuesday nine others have been wounded.The numbers were… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
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...
