A former military pilot who became a national icon in Ukraine after spending two years in a Russian prison has accused Ukraine’s parliament speaker of being associated with snipers who fired on the crowds during the country’s 2014 uprising.
Lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko told journalists March 15 that she saw Andriy Parubiy, a key organizer of massive protests that drove Ukraine’s former Russia-friendly president from power, leading snipers into a hotel next to the capital’s main square, the Maidan.
