Ukrainian helicopter pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is accused of killing two Russian journalists, is due to make her final address to a court on Thursday, Russian independent business channel RBC reports.
Savchenko was detained in eastern Ukraine by Moscow-backed separatists in June 2014. She is accused of directing fire from hostilities in Ukraine towards Russian journalists out of “hatred for Russians” while fighting pro-Russian rebels as a member of a volunteer battalion, before being captured while trying to sneak into Russia, posing as a refugee.
Savchenko’s defense lawyer has refuted this, explaining that the pilot was captured by rebels long …read more
Source: Newsweek
