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Russian judge reads verdict in trial of Ukrainian pilot Ukrainian pilot sentenced to 22 years in Russian prison
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DONETSK, Russia — A Ukrainian pilot who is charged with complicity to murder in the deaths of two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine has arrived to court in southwestern Russia where the verdict in her trial is to continue. DONETSK, Russia — A Russian court has sentenced a Ukrainian pilot to 22 years in prison after convicting her for complicity to murder in the 2014 deaths of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine.
Nadezhda Savchenko served in a volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels and was captured by separatist rebels in July 2014 in eastern Ukraine before she surfaced in Russia under disputed circumstances. The judge said on Tuesday Nadezhda Savchenko will also have to pay a fine for crossing into Russia illegally.
The Ukrainian government says Savchenko is a prisoner of war and should be released under current truce agreements in eastern Ukraine. Savchenko was serving in a Ukrainian volunteer battalion against Russia-backed rebels when she was captured by separatist rebels in July 2014, and later surfaced in Russia.
Prosecutors, who say Savchenko called in coordinates for the shelling that killed two journalists and several civilians in July 2014, have asked for a 23-year sentence in her case. Savchenko’s lawyers have said they think a conviction is certain. The judge earlier called a break when Savchenko, who has mocked and denounced the proceedings, burst into song upon hearing the guilty verdict.
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