A Ukrainian helicopter pilot known as the nation’s “Joan of Arc” was freed Wednesday after two years of imprisonment in exchange for two Russian servicemen.
The high-level prisoner swap between Russia and Ukraine was seen as a step forward in negotiations regarding the territory dispute over Crimea.
“I am free,” the pilot, Lt. Nadiya Savchenko, told reporters on the tarmac in Ukraine’s capital, Kiev, after her plane touched down. The BBC dubbed her the “symbol of resistance against Moscow.”
A Russian court sentenced her to 22 years for murder, charges that she vehemently denied. The two Russian prisoners, who Ukrainian officials claimed were …read more
Source: The Washington Free Beacon
