Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko was welcomed by parliament on Tuesday, a week after being released from two years of Russian captivity during which she herself was elected a lawmaker.
“I have returned and I will not let you forget — you, the people who sit in these armchairs in parliament – about the boys who began laying down their lives for Ukraine on Maidan Square and continue dying today in the east,” she said at an emotional appearance in which she also led fellow lawmakers in singing the national anthem.
The 35-year-old was captured and taken prisoner in June 2014 after …read more
Source: Voice of America
