Members of the European Parliament have requested that Russian President Vladimir Putin and 28 other officials be put under sanctions over the detention of Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko.
Savchenko is currently in court, accused of killing two Russian journalists with artillery fire during combat in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The case is highly controversial and has prompted protests in Ukraine and abroad against her detention. Russia has charged her with killing the journalists and claims she was captured while trying to sneak into Russia, posing as a refugee.
Savchenko’s lawyer has dismissed these accusations, saying that Savchenko was captured by …read more
Source: Newsweek
