KIEV (AFP) – Ukraines President Petro Poroshenko said Wednesday he has sent a letter to Russias Vladimir Putin asking him to free jailed pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who has been on a hunger strike for nearly three months.I have sent a letter to President Putin with an appeal for immediate freedom for Nadiya Savchenko, including for medical reasons, Poroshenko said in a press conference after meeting Italian premier Matteo Renzi.Savchenko, 33, has been on a hunger strike for 82 days to protest her arrest for alleged involvement in an attack that killed two Russian journalists on eastern Ukraines frontlines, where she …read more
Source: Dunya TV