Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko ended a two-week hunger strike Tuesday after Kiev and Moscow negotiated her release from Russian prison Monday.
On March 22, a Russian court charged Savchenko with murder and sentenced her to 22 years in prison, claiming that the pilot killed two Russian journalists while fighting in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The court also claimed that Savchenko illegally crossed into Russia. She has disputed the claim, asserting that Russian-backed separatists kidnapped her and smuggled her into Russia before the mortar attacks that killed the journalists occurred.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
