- Title: Savchenko gets a hero's welcome in Kiev
- Date: 25th May 2016
- Summary: BORISPOL, UKRAINE (MAY 25, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** VARIOUS OF CARS DRIVING AWAY FROM AIRPLANE ON TARMAC (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) UKRAINIAN SERVICEWOMAN, NADIYA SAVCHENKO, SAYING: "The first thing I want to tell you is that I am free. I want to ask for forgiveness all mothers whose children did not return from the fronts of anti-terrorist operation, because I am still alive. I want to ask for forgiveness mothers whose children are in captivity because I am free. I want to tell you that I will not be able to bring back to life the dead ones, but I am ready once again to sacrifice my life for Ukraine on a battle field and I will do everything possible in order for every child which is being held prisoner to be free. Ukraine's heroes should not die, because it is very good for some when heroes are dead and very bad when they are alive. Heroes will be in Verkhovna Rada (parliament), they will be the leading force in the parliament of Ukraine» JOURNALISTS SAVCHENKO SPEAKING TO MEDIA JOURNALISTS FOLLOWING SAVCHENKO AS SHE WALKING TOWARDS CAR SAVCHENKO GETTING INTO CAR CAR DRIVING AWAY
- Embargoed: 9th June 2016 14:23
- Keywords: Savchenko swap Borispol return
- Location: BORISPOL, UKRAINE
- City: BORISPOL, UKRAINE
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0014JB2YX3
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- Story Text:Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko vowed on Wednesday (May 25) to fight for the release of other Ukrainians in Russian custody following her arrival in Kiev from Russia as a result of a prisoner exchange.
"I will do everything possible in order that every person sitting in captivity be free," she told a scrum of journalists at Kiev's airport.
Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko arrived home in Kiev on Wednesday after nearly two years in a Russian jail, part of a prisoner swap in which two Russians held in Ukraine were returned to Moscow.
Handing over Savchenko, whose release had been demanded by Western governments and who has become a national hero in Ukraine, is likely to ease tensions between Moscow and the West a few weeks before the European Union decides whether to extend sanctions against Russia. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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