A Ukrainian military pilot has been sentenced to 22 years in jail after being convicted of murdering two Russian journalists following a highly politicized trial that has deepened the diplomatic rift between Moscow and the West.Nadiya Savchenko was accused of directing a mortar strike that killed Anton Voloshin and Igor Kornelyuk, two employees of a Russian, state-owned television network, during a battle near Luhansk, eastern Ukraine, in June 2014.But the 34-year-old helicopter navigator denied all charges and described the Kremlin’s case against her as “a piece of rubbish.” She insisted that pro-Russian separatists had seized her before the journalists were …read more
Source: VICE News
