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Pavlo Klimkin: ‘Dead or alive, I have prevailed. With Ukraine in my heart’ – Savchenko
Hunger-striking Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko, accused of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn Ukraine, delivers her final statement to the court in the southern Russian town of Donetsk, on March 9, 2016.
Sir, “Nadiya” means “hope”. Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian army officer and Iraq war veteran, a member of Ukraine’s parliament and the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly, recently spent eight days on dry hunger strike. She has put her life at great risk as the last measure to protest against Russia’s mockery of law and morals.