: :inin Kyiv (EET)

Freed Ukrainian Pilot Returns Home After 2 Years in Russia


Russia freed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko on Wednesday after holding her for nearly two years, with President Vladimir Putin pardoning her as part of a swap for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president sent his plane to pick up Savchenko in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia and bring her home to Kiev, where she received a hero’s welcome.
“Thank you everyone for fighting for me!” she told a scrum of journalists at Kiev’s Borispol Airport. “You fought for everyone behind bars. Politicians would have kept silent if people had been silent. I would like to say thank you to everyone …read more

Source: The News

World press about Ukraine

This website is created to observe information about Ukraine in the world media. More information about press.uaposition.com you can read here

World press category: terms & conditions