Kerry called on Putin to convey to Savchenko to Ukraine

US Secretary of State John Kerry called on the Russian leadership to allow the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko to return home to Ukraine. A direct broadcast of the press conference following negotiations with the Russian leadership in Moscow was conducted on the website of Russia Today.

“I also mentioned the hope of Savchenko and that she should allow her to return to Ukraine. This is a humanitarian issue, it should be resolved immediately, ”Kerry said.

The US Secretary of State said that Russian President Vladimir Putin made him understand that they will “be able to deal with this issue at a certain moment”.

According to the results of the meeting, Kerry also said that after the attacks in Brussels of the United States, the decisions that Putin made was better understood.

“We are talking about finishing, resolving the conflict in Syria and directing all attention to destroying ISIS (terrorist organization prohibited in Russia). Thus, today, I think, I could rightly say that we better understand the decisions that President Putin made recently, and we also better understand how to move on, ”Kerry said.

On March 22, the board of the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region sentenced Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in colony on charges of murder of Russian journalists.

Kerry had previously spoke in support of Savchenko. In particular, in early March, when she announced a hunger strike, the Secretary of State stated that her further maintenance of her detention was contrary to Minsk agreements.