01:26Russia: Enough evidence to try Nadezhda Savchenko says Investigative Committee
The Investigative Committee of Russia has concluded the investigation into the case of Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadezhda Savchenko, the Commitee's spokesperson Vladimir Markin said in Moscow, Monday, adding that enough evidence has been collected to start a trial anytime soon.
The forensic examination showed that Savchenko could have operated as a spotter during an operation to shell a militia-held checkpoint; the ballistic examination suggests that the shelling was carried out using D-30 howitzers, while handwritten notes and a drawn map reveal Savchenko's exact role, Markin explained. "Despite the hysteria of the Ukrainian authorities [...] the inquiry will continue the unprejudiced investigation of all cases against Russian citizens, regardless of who committed them and where," Markin concluded.
Savchenko has been detained in Russia since July 2014. She is accused of relaying the coordinates of a checkpoint where two Russian journalists were subsequently killed by Ukrainian artillery near Metallist, Ukraine, in June 2014.
01:26The Investigative Committee of Russia has concluded the investigation into the case of Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadezhda Savchenko, the Commitee's spokesperson Vladimir Markin said in Moscow, Monday, adding that enough evidence has been collected to start a trial anytime soon.
The forensic examination showed that Savchenko could have operated as a spotter during an operation to shell a militia-held checkpoint; the ballistic examination suggests that the shelling was carried out using D-30 howitzers, while handwritten notes and a drawn map reveal Savchenko's exact role, Markin explained. "Despite the hysteria of the Ukrainian authorities [...] the inquiry will continue the unprejudiced investigation of all cases against Russian citizens, regardless of who committed them and where," Markin concluded.
Savchenko has been detained in Russia since July 2014. She is accused of relaying the coordinates of a checkpoint where two Russian journalists were subsequently killed by Ukrainian artillery near Metallist, Ukraine, in June 2014.