Accused of belonging to the death of Russian correspondents in the Donbass Ukrainian Nadezhda Savchenko said in court that does not possess the skills to adjust artillery.
She also said that he graduated from the Kharkov University of the Ukrainian air force, served from the helicopter crew, reports " information Agency ".
Savchenko said that the contradictions in her testimony related to her desire to preserve a military secret of Ukraine. Thus, during the preliminary investigation, She had claimed not to familiar with the former commander of the battalion "Aidar" Sergey Melnichuk, and on Tuesday during his interrogation in court admitted that it was represented to the commander, reports RIA " Novosti ". In addition, She is incorrectly called the result the location of the battalion. However, the defendant did not believe that misinformed the court: by its terms, the majority of the data on which it is asked, constitute a military secret of Ukraine and do not have the opportunity to be voiced." I must not reveal military secrets, not that I was taught, " - said Savchenko. The defendant declares that he does not consider Donbass militia enemies." This is the enemy, not the enemy, the enemy Is another state, and these citizens are just confused, " explained Savchenko. Before the court Savchenko decided to testify in court in the Russian language. On September 22, the Donetsk town court of the Rostov region did not want to take three lawyers from the trial of the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko, accused of belonging to the deprivation of life of the Russian correspondents, and civilians in the Donbass. Recusal was requested by the state prosecution that gave rise to its request frequent, he vision, procedural violations from protection. Savchenko denied the charges of belonging to the death of the Russian correspondents, and civilians in the Donbass. Before that, the Prosecutor in the Donetsk court of the Rostov region said that Savchenko had committed iniquity because of hatred for civilians of Donbass. Fifteen September, the court extended for six months the detention Savchenko. At the same time the official authorized IC of Russia Vladimir Markin said on irrefutable evidence of guilt Savchenko, and also denied her kidnapping by the Russian special services. Savchenko was transferred from Moscow remand prison in Rostov region in mid-July. Then the court had to begin the preliminary hearing, but this was prevented by treatment of the defendant. She appealed to the Prosecutor General of Russia with the petition to transfer the case from Donetsk, Rostov region. In her vision, the Russian authorities not able to provide her safety and the safety of other participants of process in a place like Donetsk, which, in its expressions, is a " turntable base Pro-Russian terrorists ". On August 21, the Rostov regional court the petition Savchenko did not support and left the case in Donetsk. The verdict of the court the defence and the prosecution to appeal. Savchenko was arrested in Russia, in early July of last year. According to the Russian investigators, Savchenko was a spotter fire Under fire in Ukraine correspondents VGTRK Anton Voloshin and Igor Kornelyuk, who Then died. She faces up to 25 years of imprisonment.

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