Nadiya Savchenko (Ukrainian: Надія Савченко) is a Ukrainian ex-paratrooper, and a helicopter navigator, who was captured by the separatists as a member of Aydar battalion (at that time a paramilitary formation of the Ministry of Defense) near Luhansk.
After being captured in June, the separatists published a video of her interrogation, and held her hostage.
Savchenko was the subject of a number of articles in Komsomolskaya Pravda by Nikolai Varsegov, who accused her of being a sniper and mass killer.
In July, the Russian government officials said that Savchenko had "illegally crossed Russian border as refugee", was stopped by Russian police, and is faced with a trial for alleged assistance in the murder of two Russian journalists.
Being finally allowed to see the Ukrainian consul, Savchenko said that she was transported to Russia against her will.

Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy oversaw the government military operation against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
As part of the Budapest memorandum participant, Parubiy appealed for assistance from the United States as one of the signatories.
He said: "The counterterrorist operation will go on regardless of any decisions by any subversive or terrorist groups in the Donetsk region."
Parubiy also said: "The key tactic of Russian saboteurs is: Capture a building, station an armed garrison there and have a picket around, mostly Communists, who would provide a human shield."
Parubiy resigned as National Security and Defence Council chief on 7 August 2014.

Andriy Biletsky, the head of Social-National Assembly and Patriots of Ukraine (perceived by some experts as the ultranationalist and neo-Nazi political groups), is commander of the Azov Battalion.
Nadiya Savchenko (Ukrainian: Надія Савченко) is a Ukrainian ex-paratrooper, and a helicopter navigator, who was captured by the separatists as a member of Aydar battalion (at that time a paramilitary formation of the Ministry of Defense) near Luhansk. After being captured in June, the separatists published a video of her interrogation, and held her hostage. Savchenko was the subject of a number of articles in Komsomolskaya Pravda by Nikolai Varsegov, who accused her of being a sniper and mass killer. In July, the Russian government officials said that Savchenko had "illegally crossed Russian border as refugee", was stopped by Russian police, and is faced with a trial for alleged assistance in the murder of two Russian journalists. Being finally allowed to see the Ukrainian consul, Savchenko said that she was transported to Russia against her will.
Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council chief Andriy Parubiy oversaw the government military operation against pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine. As part of the Budapest memorandum participant, Parubiy appealed for assistance from the United States as one of the signatories. He said: "The counterterrorist operation will go on regardless of any decisions by any subversive or terrorist groups in the Donetsk region." Parubiy also said: "The key tactic of Russian saboteurs is: Capture a building, station an armed garrison there and have a picket around, mostly Communists, who would provide a human shield." Parubiy resigned as National Security and Defence Council chief on 7 August 2014.
Andriy Biletsky, the head of Social-National Assembly and Patriots of Ukraine (perceived by some experts as the ultranationalist and neo-Nazi political groups), is commander of the Azov Battalion.
2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine