A Ukrainian pilot held in Russian custody has been released.
Nadiya Savchenko arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday after spending nearly two years in a Russian prison.
The 35-year-old army helicopter pilot was released as part of an apparent prisoner swap with Moscow, with two alleged Russian soldiers leaving Ukraine earlier in the day, according to an official in the Ukrainian presidential administration.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said the widows of two Russian journalists killed in eastern Ukraine had asked him to pardon the Ukrainian pilot. Putin said in televised remarks that he hoped her release “will help reduce tension in …read more
Source: Voice of America
