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Authorities in Ukraine have arrested Nadiya Savchenko, an ex-combat pilot who became a member of parliament after spending nearly two years in a Russian jail, on charges she was planning to carry out a coup.

According to the allegations, Savchenko planned an attack on parliament using grenades and automatic weapons acquired from Russian-backed separatists in the east.

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