The citizen of Ukraine Hope Savchenko, the defendant in the case of the death of Russian correspondents in the Donbass, during an interview with the television channel NTV, it was recognized that corrected fire, said in court the journalist of TV channel Alexander Tokarev.

According to the witness, on June 17 last year He was working in the area of Lugansk. There He learned about the, near the village of Metalist lost his life his colleagues from VGTRK. Later, he was announced about the detention of the Ukrainian pilot, who had agreed to interview, reports RIA " Novosti "." We took the interview. The woman had the Hope Savchenko, " - said Tokarev, adding that She also said that at war on the party of the armed forces." She said she was going for the wounded and corrected fire. Literally, she said She sees the enemy and tells where to open fire, " said the witness. Later interview with Savchenko, which lasted about 20 minutes, was focused in the editorial. Before the former militia of the LPR Sergey Moiseyev has told in court about how on the orders of superiors released Ukrainka Hope Savchenko, who was taken prisoner. Before that the Mayor of the city of Lutugino proclaimed LNR Egor Russian has told, that captured from the battalion "Aydar" colleagues Savchenko was more afraid of her than the battalion commander. 7 and 8 October testimony was given by several witnesses, including the taxi driver from Lugansk, who drove the Russian correspondents to the scene of the attack, and the militia of the Luhansk national Republic Dmitry Oslo. He told the court, together with his partner detained the former Ukrainian army. 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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