Kiev // She was strong, she was strident, she was not to be cowed. In an emotionally-charged first appearance before the Ukrainian parliament on Tuesday, Nadiya Savchenko, the pilot released in exchange for two Russians strode to the podium draped in the Ukrainian flag and sang the national anthem. She also tore down a banner bearing her name and picture that had hung for months from the parliamentary rostrum. She also carried the flag of Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula which was annexed by Russia in March 2014. Savchenko, 35, who is a member of former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s …read more
Source: The National
