Murder verdict against Ukrainian fighter pilot required

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Murder verdict against Ukrainian fighter pilot required

Nadescha Savchenko is Ukraine a heroine. In Russia, they should be as a war criminal was severely punished – for murder. But why is she even in Russian hands, remains unclear.

Well, a year after the capture of the Ukrainian fighter pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in the Ukrainian-Russian border area, the state Prosecutor demanded 23 years in prison for murder. The Sawtschenkos lawyer Mark Feygin said on Twitter. The Prosecutor saw it as proven that the Ukrainian has directed during Fighting in the Eastern Ukrainian Region of Luhansk in June 2014, aware of mortar fire on a group of civilians. The shelling killed two journalists of the Russian television. Savchenko, who fought as a Volunteer in the ranks of the extreme right, and the Kiev-loyal battalion Aidar, given by the Position of the journalists of the Ukrainian military.

Illegally or been taken away?

At the trial in the Russian small town of Donetsk on the border with Ukraine, the former fighter pilot declared himself innocent. She had been kidnapped, and over the border to Russia and deported. You threatened another hunger strike if the court decide quickly. During their nearly year-long imprisonment, she was already
80 days on hunger strike. “If the judgment does not come within two weeks, it must be told me posthumously,” said Savchenko, the Agency Tass according to.

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The Prosecutor, however, persisted in his plea, to be illegal, according to Russia. The Ukraine protested against the process, and accuses Russia to have the officer be kidnapped. She was, according to witness statements, first in captivity by Pro-Russian separatists, later, she found herself in a prison in Voronezh, Russia.

The exchange of prisoners after conviction?

Savchenko was elected in October 2014 in absentia to the Ukrainian Parliament. European organisations have campaigned for their release. The pleadings of the three defenders have been moved to Thursday. In the conflict between separatists and the Ukrainian army in Eastern Ukraine, both sides holding many prisoners. In the case of Savchenko is not excluded that they will be replaced after a judgment against Russian soldiers in Ukrainian custody. The case against Savchenko had triggered in the West, criticism of Russia and the tensions between Moscow and Kiev intensified.

pab/wl (afp, dpa)