KIEV: Nadiya Savchenko is both lionized as a fearless Ukrainian freedom fighter — and demonized as the alleged accomplice in the murder of two Russian reporters in her country’s separatist east.
The 34-year-old Ukrainian army pilot has most recently featured on global TV screens wearing patriotic T-shirts inside the glass cage of a Russian courtroom, where she faces 23 years behind bars.
Kiev and its Western allies believe she is a pawn in the Kremlin’s broader aggression against Ukraine, who they say was abducted by pro-Moscow separatists and smuggled to Russia before being slapped with false charges.
But Moscow accuses her of being …read more
Source: The Manila Times
