KIEV: A Ukrainian MP who was once hailed as a symbol of resistance against Russia but now stands accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Kiev was stripped of her immunity by parliament on Thursday.
Nadiya Savchenko planned “a large-scale terrorist act in the centre of the Ukrainian capital,” general prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko told lawmakers in parliament.
He claimed she had made a deal with leaders of Russian-backed separatist republics in the country’s east to “obtain the weapons necessary for such an attack, in particular mortars of 120mm calibre, small arms, sniper rifles, combat grenades”.
Lutsenko said the planned attack would have brought …read more
Source: theSun
