Petro Poroshenko did not reveal if agreement to release Nadiya Savchenko entailed a swap for two Russian soldiers A deal has been reached with Russia to release a jailed Ukrainian pilot, said Ukraine’s president, Petro Poroshenko, but he did not say whether it would entail a swap for two Russian soldiers convicted of terrorism by Kiev.Nadiya Savchenko was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Russia last month for her alleged role in the deaths of two Russian journalists in rebel-held eastern Ukraine. Kiev has insisted Savchenko is a prisoner of war and should be immediately released. … …read more
Source: The Guardian
