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Moscow - Pilot Nadia Savchenko, who is charged with abetting the murder of Russian journalists in Russia, has filed her resignation from the Ukrainian army.

“Nadia Savchenko has filed her resignation from the Ukrainian Armed Forces because she has been elected to the Verkhovna Rada. Her command should make a decision within twenty days,” lawyer Mark Feygin told Interfax on Friday.

The lawyer said Savchenko’s resignation will be signed by Dec. 1. He said service in the Armed Forces may interfere with his client’s work as a parliamentarian.

It was reported earlier that Savchenko, a 31-year-old navigator, was fighting with the Aidar volunteer battalion in eastern Ukraine when she was captured by illegal armed units near the town of Schastia, a suburb of Luhansk, in June. It turned out on July 8 that Savchenko was kept at a detention facility in Voronezh, Russia. On Sept. 24, she was brought to detention center No. 6 in Moscow. Investigators insisted that Savchenko had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.

Savchenko pleads not guilty and says she was abducted on the Ukrainian territory.

On Oct. 27, the Basmanny Court of Moscow decided to extend the custody of the Ukrainian pilot until Feb. 13, 2015.