Armine Sahakyan: How Savchenko adapts to politics will determine whether she will be the leader Ukraine wants
Nadiya Savchenko speaks at a rally for Ukrainian songs on FM radio stations near parliament on her first day as a lawmaker on May 31, 2016.
When Nadiya Savchenko was a girl, her favorite pastime was playing war with the boys in her Kyiv neighborhood. She was so single-minded about the military that it didn't surprise those who knew her when she chose it as a career.