Lawyers for Nadiya Savchenko, the Ukrainian MP and former military pilot held by Russian authorities since last June, have confirmed the “partial cessation” of her hunger strike, which she has undertaken for the past 83 days.
Russia has charged Savchenko, 33, with involvement in a mortar attack that killed two Russian journalists last summer, in the ongoing conflict between pro-Russian separatists and forces loyal to Kiev in eastern Ukraine. The former military pilot was captured by pro-Russian forces last June after joining a volunteer battalion.
The Ukrainian government claims she was abducted by pro-Russian separatists near Luhansk and handed over to the …read more
Source: Newsweek
