Russian investigators allege that Savchenko, who served in a volunteer battalion fighting alongside government troops against Russia-backed rebels, provided the coordinates for a mortar attack that killed the journalists in June 2014.
Savchenko, who spent 83 days on a hunger strike to protest her detention, has become a hero figure for Ukrainians fighting the separatists and has won a seat in Parliament.
“The United States remains deeply disturbed by the Russian Federation’s decision to move forward with this baseless case,” U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters in Washington Tuesday. …read more
Source: San Francisco Chronicle
