Here's an update from our news desk on the Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who is being complied in connection with the killing of two Russian journalists:
A Ukrainian Air Force officer who is being held in Russia told a court she is not guilty of the charge she faces and that Russia has no right to try her.
Senior Lieutenant Nadiya Savchenko says she was captured by pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine and forcibly taken to Russia.
She is charged with complicity in the killing of two Russian journalists who died in June while covering the conflict between pro-Russian separatists and government forces in eastern Ukraine.
At a hearing on August 27, Savchenko told the court she had been doing her job as a Ukrainian military officer on Ukrainian territory.
"No other country is eligible to try me," she said.
The hearing in the city of Voronezh was held to determine whether Savchenko will be held further or released on bail.
Russian authorities contend that Savchenko was detained in Russia.
(RIA Novosti, UNIAN, Interfax)
Actually, he seems to say war WAS inevitable, but still. (Interview in Russian):
Here's an update from RFE/RL's news desk concerning alleged Russian troop movements in eastern Ukraine:
Ukraine has leveled new allegations about Russian troop movements in its restive east, one day after President Petro Poroshenko promised to draft a new cease-fire plan following talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Military spokesman Andriy Lysenko said today that Russian soldiers and armor had crossed into Ukraine and entered the town of Amvrosiyivka, 60 kilometers southeast of Donetsk -- a stronghold of pro-Russian rebels.
Ukraine also said a large convoy of tanks and heavy weaponry from Russia was traveling toward Telmanove, 80 kilometers south of Donetsk.
The reports came after Poroshenko concluded what he said were "tough" crisis talks with Putin late on August 26 in Minsk.
Poroshenko said agreement had been reached on further talks on gas supplies and border controls.
Putin said any cease-fire plans were an internal matter between Kyiv and the rebels.
(Reuters, AFP, AP, dpa, ITAR-TASS, Interfax)
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