Nadia Savchenko, Ukraine’s MP and former Air Force pilot, has caused controversy with a suggestion that Ukraine should give up the Crimea in exchange for Russia leaving the Donbass region. On Tuesday, Savchenko stressed that the situation in the east of Ukraine can only be resolved peacefully. “Whatever my fellow…
Nadia Savchenko, the Ukrainian helicopter pilot who was captured and sentenced to 22 years in a Russian jail, then pardoned in a prisoner swap with the Kremlin, has called for dialogue with the pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. Savchenko was voted a member of parliament in…
Ukrainian female pilot Nadia Savchenko was released in a prisoner swap for two Russian soldiers captured in the Donbass region of East Ukraine. She had been held since 2014 on murder and terrorism charges and extradited to Russia. Many analysts thought the prosecution had political motives. “Nadiya Savchenko was met…