Yulia Nasulina. The citizen of Ukraine Hope Savchenko, the defendant in the case of the death of Russian correspondents in the Donbass, was the mastermind of the battalion " Aydar ", said the witness Evgeny Kolomiets in court.

before Kolomiets worked as Advisor to the head LNR. On the first day of the week, the court started the hearing in the case Savchenko.

"The other prisoners said that Savchenko - inspirer of the battalion" Aidar ". She had the Callsign " Bullet ", it differed special cruelty towards the soldiers as well as civilians, " said the witness. He added that her co-workers also reported that Savchenko battalion was responsible for discipline.

in law enforcement special operations of the Ukrainian authorities in the Donbass vs. dissatisfied with the coup d'etat inhabitants of the region were involved in several So-called volunteer battalions, which are financed from private sources. So, battalions " Azov ", " Aidar ", " Donbass ", "Dnepr-1" and "Dnepr-2" financed by the oligarch and Dnepropetrovsk region Governor Igor Kolomoisky, against whom in Russia prosecuted under the criminal code according to the paragraph " use of prohibited means and methods of warfare "." Aidar " belonged to the territorial defense battalions that are formally subordinated to the Ministry of defence of Ukraine.

review of the investigation, Savchenko, being the officer military power of Ukraine, on June 17, 2014 near the village Metalist Luhansk region was watching and changing the artillery fire on the area of the roadblock militias self-proclaimed LNR, where, and among them were the Russian correspondents VGTRK. In the result of attack two Russian citizens were killed. In addition, according to the investigation, not later than 23 June 2014, Savchenko illegally crossed the border of Ukraine and Russia in the area of the checkpoint " Donetsk-Northern ", after which it was mated.

Itself Savchenko all fundamentally rejects the charges and informs that she was kidnapped in Ukraine and forcibly transported to the Russian Federation. In her defense many times expressed by the majority of Ukrainian politicians, as well as among them the head Petro Poroshenko.

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