15:05 25.02.2017

Savchenko publishes list of Ukrainian prisoners whom she visited in Donetsk

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Savchenko publishes list of Ukrainian prisoners whom she visited in Donetsk

The Ukrainian Vekhrovna Rada's non-affiliated deputy Nadia Savchenko has published a list of Ukrainian prisoners she visited in Donetsk prisons.

There are 34 surnames in the list that Savchenko posted on her account in Facebook.

"I was able to visit our captives. The guys feel aright. The conditions are ordinary, the prison ones. They said that the attitude towards them is normal. There are three of them in each cell, they are allowed to have an hour of yard time and watch television, the majority of channels are the Russian ones, but the Ukrainian 1+1 TV channel is available. They believe they will be released soon and don't lose hope! Let us fight for our brothers," she said.

As reported, on February 24, Savchenko and Volodymyr Ruban, head of the Officer Corps center for the release of prisoners of war, arrived to Donetsk and then to a penal colony in Makiyivka, where Ukrainian prisoners of war are being held.

In that regard, the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) said it intended to have a conversation with Savchenko about her visit to prisoners of war in Donetsk and verify information provided by deputy Tetyana Rychkova that Savchenko had "incited serving Ukrainian military personnel to overthrow the authorities."

"We don't monitor people's deputies purposefully, but having obtained information from deputy Rychkova, we will certainly verify this information, even without waiting for Ms. Rychkova's official request," head of the SBU chief's administration Oleksandr Tkachuk told Interfax-Ukraine.

"These accusations are too serious to ignore them," he said.

Earlier, Rychkova, a deputy from the Petro Poroshenko Bloc faction, said that Savchenko had "incited servicemen to overthrow the authorities in Ukraine" and called on the Prosecutor General's Office and the SBU to investigate her actions.

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