Here's a Savchenko update from RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service:
Ukraine Parliament Committee Green-Lights Savchenko Arrest
KYIV -- The Ukrainian parliament's rules committee has unanimously approved the cancellation of immunity, detainment, and arrest of lawmaker and former Russian captive Nadia Savchenko, who is accused of plotting a "terrorist" attack on the legislature.
The committee's March 22 approval of Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko's request is the first step towards Savchenko's possible arrest, as the full Verkhovna Rada must now either approve or reject the move.
Lutsenko claimed on March 15 that Savchenko planned to destroy the parliament’s roof cupola with mortar shells and kill surviving lawmakers with assault-rifle fire.
Lutsenko's accusation came after Savchenko reported to headquarters of the state state securityy, the SBU, for questioning as a witness in the case against Volodymyr Ruban, who has been a key negotiator in prisoner exchanges with the Russia-backed separatists.
Ruban was arrested earlier in March and accused of plotting to kill President Petro Poroshenko and other top officials, after he was detained while crossing into government-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine -- allegedly with large amounts of weapons and ammunition hidden in a shipment of furniture.
Ruban, whose Center for the Release of POWs has been involved in prisoner exchanges between Kyiv and Russia-backed separatists since 2014, maintains his innocence and says he was framed.
On March 20, Savchenko denied planning terrorist attacks and said that during questioning, she "deliberately discussed absurd plans for a coup attempt and terrorist attacks against high-ranking officials" as a "political provocation."
She also rejected speculation that she might have ties with Russia.
Good morning. We'll start the live blog today by pointing you in the direction of this Savchenko feature filed last night by RFE/RL's Dmytry Kirillov and Pete Baumgartner:
From Hero To Terrorist? Ukraine's Savchenko Refutes Terror Charges, But Admits To 'Absurd Plans'
Less than two years after being celebrated in Ukraine for her defiance toward Russian captors as a prisoner of war, opposition lawmaker Nadia Savchenko is defending herself against accusations that the former military aviator was planning a terror attack on the Ukrainian parliament.
Ukrainian Prosecutor-General Yuriy Lutsenko alleged on March 15 that the state has "irrefutable proof" that Savchenko "planned, personally recruited, and personally gave instructions about how to commit a terrorist act" in parliament using grenades, mortars, and automatic weapons.
The fervidly patriotic Savchenko was detained by officials as she entered the parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, allegedly concealing a gun and three grenades in her purse.
"All Ukrainians dream of blowing up Bankovska Street" -- where President Petro Poroshenko's office stands -- "the parliament, and the cabinet," Savchenko said on March 20. "I am dreaming to change the situation without explosions."
The charges are the latest in a string of events that have sullied the public image of Savchenko, who made a heroic return to Kyiv in May 2016 from two years of imprisonment in Russia, where she was unbending in the face of what were widely seen as trumped-up charges against her.
She was warmly embraced by Ukraine's political elite, welcomed in European capitals, and viewed as a potential presidential candidate.
But bold statements (she said Ukraine should become a kind of dictatorship) and unpopular stands (she suggested Ukraine give up Crimea in exchange for the return of separatist territory in the eastern part of the country known as the Donbas) coupled with erratic behavior (she met covertly with pro-Russia leaders in Luhansk and Donetsk) have caused her popularity in Ukraine to plummet and left her an outcast in the Verkhovna Rada.
"No one has friends in parliament," Savchenko told RFE/RL on March 21. "Politicians do not make friends with each other; they use each other."
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