Ambassador for special assignments of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba said That she sent the European Union and the countries "Big seven" letter with the initiative to send their commissioners at the courts on detainees in Russia to citizens of Ukraine Oleh Sentsov and Savchenko.


"sent letters to colleagues in the EU, the "Big seven" that they sent commissioners at the trial of Savchenko and Sentsov, " wrote Kuleba.

review of investigators, Savchenko, being an officer of the military might of Ukraine, June 17, 2014 near the village Metalist Luhansk region led covert surveillance and correction of artillery fire on the area of the checkpoint of the self-proclaimed militia Luhansk national Republic, and among them were the Russian correspondents VGTRK. In the end, the death of two Russian citizens were killed. In addition, according to the investigation, not later than 23 June 2014 Savchenko in the Luhansk region of Ukraine in the local area of the checkpoint "Donetsk - North" in violation of the established procedure for entry to the site of Russia secretly crossed the border, after which it was mated. However, the protection Savchenko said That she was abducted in Ukraine and forcibly deported to the Russian Federation. Itself Savchenko rejects all charges.

in SK the Russian Federation has told, That based on the evidence collected by the investigators reclassified the actions of the accused, and now she will not be held responsible As an accomplice, but As a co-perpetrator of the murder of 2 and more persons. the Maximum term of imprisonment that threatens Savchenko, is 25 years.

As for Sentsov, then, according to the Russian investigation, He created in Crimea terrorist Commonwealth, was a structural unit recognized in Russia as extremist radical Association of Ukrainian nationalists " Right sector ", for the release of the Peninsula from the Russian Federation. Members of the group from April to may 2014 made in Simferopol two acts of terrorism: arson public organization "Russian community of Crimea and the Crimean regional branch of the party" United Russia ". In addition, they were preparing to blow up the monument to Lenin on the Boulevard of Lenin in Simferopol. As reported by the Prosecutor General's office, the criminal activities of the terrorist brotherhood was suppressed by the FSB in may 2014.

He Sentsov deny That he was a member of " Right sector ", and said That the investigation has no evidence of his belonging to this case, Except the testimony of other participants. He believes That these testimonies were given under pressure.

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