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Washington Post: She was Ukraine’s ‘Joan of Arc.’ Now she’s accused of plotting a coup in Kyiv

Published March 28, 2018 at 5:24 pm

Non-factional parliament member Nadia Savchenko speaks at the Shevchenkivsky district court on March 23 of Kyiv.

Photo by Volodymyr Petrov

Two years ago, Nadiya Savchenko, a Ukrainian helicopter pilot who had been taken prisoner by Russian-backed forces in the country’s east, returned from captivity to a tumultuous hero’s welcome.

Today she is once again behind bars – only this time she’s been put there by Ukrainian authorities.