Independent Ukrainian lawmaker Nadiya Savchenko was detained by the SBU state security agency on March 22 after the Ukrainian parliament voted to strip her of immunity. The authorities accuse the 36-year-old former pilot of plotting an armed assault on the chamber.
Savchenko planned “a large-scale terrorist act” in downtown Kyiv, Ukraine’s General Prosecutor Yuriy Lutsenko told lawmakers ahead of the immunity vote. According to the prosecutor, Savchenko was working with the Russian-backed separatists to obtain arms for attacking the parliament, including mortar rounds, sniper rifles and grenades.
