You're reading: Poroshenko asks UN Secretary-General to help in situation with pilot Savchenko

President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has had a phone conversation with Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon during which he asked the later to facilitate a solution to the situation with kidnapped Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko.

“The head of state emphasized that it was necessary to focus the
attention of global community on the kidnapping of Ukrainian pilot Nadia
Savchenko, who was imprisoned in Russia. The president asked the UN
Secretary-General to facilitate the solution of the given issue in his
dialogue with Russia,” reads a report posted on the presidential Web
site.