(MOSCOW) — Ukraine and Russia have reached a deal to free a jailed Ukrainian pilot, President Petro Poroshenko said Tuesday, suggesting that she will be swapped for two Russian servicemen imprisoned in Ukraine.
Nadezhda Savchenko, who was captured by Russia-backed rebels in eastern Ukraine in 2014, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in Russia last month for her alleged role in the deaths of two Russian journalists.
Her capture and trial became a rallying point for Ukrainians at home and abroad.
“I think we have agreed on a certain algorithm that would allow Nadezhda‘s release,” Poroshenko said Tuesday, a day after he …read more
Source: Time
