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The mother and sister of Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadia Savchenko, who is illegally held in custody in Russia, have been received at the German Chancellery, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk wrote on Twitter.

“Angela Merkel will continue to exert efforts to free her,” the ambassador wrote.

Melnyk gave no other details of the meeting.