Twelve court sessions in Savchenko case to be held at Rostov region's Donetsk in November - Oct. 19, 2015

Twelve court sessions in Savchenko case to be held at Rostov region’s Donetsk in November

Published Oct. 19, 2015 at 8:14 pm

Ukrainian airforce helicopter navigator Nadezhda (Nadya) Savchenko, charged with involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in war-torn eastern Ukraine, looks out from a defendants' cage during a hearing at a court in the southern Russian town of Donetsk, Rostov region, on Sept. 29.

Photo by AFP

DONETSK, Rostov region - The Donetsk City Court has announced a schedule of its hearings of the criminal case against Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko charged with involvement in the killing of Russian journalists, an Interfax correspondent reported from the courtroom.

Next month there will be 12 court sessions: on November 2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 23, 25, 26, and 30.

According to the court’s October schedule, its next session is due on Oct. 21.

Savchenko has been held in custody in Russia since July 2014.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, she is charged in the killing and attempted killing.