Ukraine conflict: Russia charges pilot over deaths

July 10, 2014 00:27

Russia has charged a female Ukrainian army pilot with complicity in the murder of two Russian journalists. Nadiya Savchenko, 33, was reportedly fighting in a volunteer battalion against pro-Russian separatists near Luhansk in east Ukraine.

Last month she took part in an attack on a rebel checkpoint where two Russian TV journalists were fatally wounded. Ukraine has accused Russia of abducting her and has demanded she be released and allowed home.

Ukrainian government forces are currently battling rebels in the east and have recaptured several large towns in recent days. More than 1,000 people, both civilians and combatants, are believed to have been killed since the uprising began in April.

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