WARSAW, Poland — Ukrainian pilot and lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko on July 7 thanked Poland for its support in obtaining her release after almost two years of Russian captivity.
Associated Press: Savchenko thanks Poles for helping her freedom
The 35-year-old army helicopter pilot, Ukrainian Nadiya Savchenko elected as an Ukrainian member of parliament in absentia during almost two years in a Russian jail, attends a debate at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, in Strasbourg, on June 20.