The sister of Nadezhda Savchenko, convicted in Russia, Vera, announced the breakdown of agreements on the exchange of Ukrainian servicemen. She accused politicians of PR on the current situation

Nadezhda Savchenko’s sister Vera (Photo: Valery Matytsin/TASS)

On her Facebook, Vera Savchenko wrote that while Ukrainian politicians are forming a coalition in the Verkhovna Rada, agreements on human life, “the main European value,” have allegedly broken down. “Poroshenko, Putin, bring back Nadya,” the message on the social network says.

Vera Savchenko explained to the Interfax-Ukraine agency that, according to her own sources, agreements on the release of her sister had been disrupted. In addition, she accused Ukrainian politicians of PR and the lack of real steps to free the pilot.

“First, take the person, and then do PR and say that she will be there in a week. Take it, and then you will promote yourself and take selfies,” she said.

Vera Savchenko also reported that her sister, who is continuing her dry hunger strike, agreed to allow Russian doctors access to her, “because you won’t get any Germans or Ukrainians,”

Nadezhda Savchenko’s consent to regular medical examinations on the morning of April 11 The press service of the Federal Penitentiary Service also reported . They indicated that the convict gave written consent and began receiving supportive therapy.

On March 22, the Donetsk City Court of the Rostov Region sentenced Nadezhda Savchenko to 22 years in a general regime colony, finding her guilty in the case of the death of VGTRK journalists Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin in the Donbass.

After the verdict was announced, President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko, in a special video message, proposed exchanging the Ukrainian woman for “two Russian servicemen” - Alexander Alexandrov and Yevgeny Erofeev. Kyiv claims that they were GRU fighters and were on Ukrainian territory illegally. Moscow has repeatedly indicated that Alexandrov and Erofeev had already retired from the Russian Armed Forces at the time of their trip to the Lugansk region

On April 5, press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that there was no decision on the possible transfer of Savchenko to the Ukrainian side. “Wide public discussions are hardly appropriate here,” he added.

On April 9, Savchenko’s lawyer Ilya Novikov said that negotiations on the transfer of the pilot were “moving in the right direction . ” “We are expecting some major news next week,” he said.

Savchenko’s sister reported a breakdown in exchange agreements