MOSCOW, Oct 26, (APP/AFP) – A Ukrainian pilot released from a Russian prison in May was in Moscow on Wednesday to throw her support behind two compatriots jailed in Russia, her lawyer said. This is the first time Nadiya Savchenko, who was elected to the Ukrainian parliament in absentia during her detention, has visited since her release in a prisoner swap. Savchenko was at Russia’s Supreme Court to attend an appeal against Moscow’s sentencing of Ukrainians Stanislav Klykh and Mykola Karpyuk, who were slapped with up to 22 years in prison for fighting in the 1990s Chechnya war, lawyer Ilya Novikov wrote on Twitter. The surprise visit comes as Ukrainian government troops remain locked in a conflict with pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine that has killed nearly 10,000 people since it erupted more than two years ago.
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