Ukraine has detained three people for hurling Molotov cocktails at Kiev’s Russian embassy, as protests against the likely conviction of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko continue.
Savchenko has been detained in Russia since 2014 under allegations of being complicit in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine and illegally trying to sneak into Russia, posing as a refugee. Her defense has said she was abducted into Russia by pro-Russian rebels who had captured her well before the journalists died.
The case has come under intense scrutiny for being politically motivated and both the Ukrainian government and U.S. Secretary of State …read more
Source: Newsweek
