Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko, who returned to Ukraine on Wednesday, addressed journalists gathered at the Boryspil international airport with an emotional speech.

She thanked the press for their support and warm reception and apologized to the mothers of the people who were killed in Donbas.

"I want to thank those who wished me well because I have survived thanks to you. I want to thank my ill-wishers because I have survived despite you. I want to thank those who were indifferent for not interfering. I thank everyone," Savchenko said.

"I want to ask for forgiveness those parents whose children did not return from the anti-terrorist operation, and I am still alive. I want to ask for forgiveness all mothers whose children are in captivity, and I am free. I can't bring the dead back, but I am ready to lay my life on the battlefield again, and I will do everything to ensure that every person who is in captivity walks free," Savchenko said.

She then said she is going to the presidential administration.

"I am now going to the presidential administration. There will be a small press conference somewhere there," Savchenko said.

Savchenko also asked the journalists and Ukrainians who had surrounded her to refrain from handshakes for the time being. "If everyone wants to shake my hand, nothing will be left of me. Trust me, everything will be fine," she said.