During the presentation of arguments in the Donetsk City Court, Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko accused Russian journalists of providing distorted coverage of events taking place in Ukraine and worldwide, an Interfax correspondent has reported.

"The Russian journalists are guilty of lying and false coverage of the situation in Ukraine and worldwide. The killed journalists are guilty of not observing security regulations. They were not wearing bullet-proof vests and helmets at the time of their death," Savchenko said.

The defendant said the trial of her case has not proved her guilt.

According to Russian investigators, Ukrainian Armed Forces officer Savchenko was at the base of the Aidar battalion near the village of Metalist in the Slovyanoserbsk district of the Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine on June 17, 2014, where she was conducting secret surveillance and correcting artillery fire targeting a checkpoint of militants from the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic, as well as civilians sheltering there; among them were three journalists of Russia's VGTRK broadcaster. Two Russian reporters, namely Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin, were killed in the attack.

Savchenko denies all charges. She has been held in custody in Russia since July 2014. Savchenko declared at a hearing at the Donetsk City Court on December 17, 2015 that she would be on a hunger strike until the end of her trial.