Army pilot Nadia Savchenko – regarded as the most controversial prisoner of the Ukraine conflict – has been refusing food for a month. RFE/RL reportsToday marks one month since Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian military pilot held in Russia, began her hunger strike.Savchenko claims she was illegally transferred to Russia in July after being captured by pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine in June. She says she is determined to starve to death in pretrial detention if Russian authorities do not release her.Письмо Надежды Савченко о причинах голодовки pic.twitter.com/KTWpf5TOjJShe rejects all demands and pleas for her to end her hunger strike, she …read more
Source: The Guardian
