Ukraine has taken all possible measures to ensure prompt release of Savchenko

15:47, 09.03.2016 1 min read

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine is doing its utmost to ensure pressure from the international community on Russia for the prompt release of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko.

"There is a farce in the form of the illegal trial of Ukrainian officer Nadia Savchenko taking place in Russia's Donetsk," the president said during a meeting with Crimean Tatars and the Ukrainian diaspora in Ankara on Wednesday.

He said that "all international rights are being violated in this trial, Nadia Savchenko has been held behind bars for two years without any charges."

"In the past few days, we have taken all possible measures to ensure international pressure on Russia from the EU and the U.S. and our other partner countries, demanding the immediate, unconditional release of Nadia Savchenko from prison and her return to Ukraine," Poroshenko said.