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Wednesday, 8 May
politics

Savchenko and Ruban released from custody in courtroom: video

Member of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada Nadiia Savchenko and ex-chief of the Officer Corps center for freeing prisoners Vladymyr Ruban have been released from custody in the chambers of Kyiv region's Brovary town court inasmuch as at midnight from April 15 to April 16 the term of their pretrial confinement was not extended.

The correspondent ruling was made by the court after midnight — on Tuesday.

"I wish freedom to everyone who was unfairly convicted. I don't violate the rules, I don't run abroad, as prosecutors guaranteed. I don't escape from Ukraine because I'm a Hero of Ukraine. Ukraine is not just a word for me. I will fight for Ukraine," Savchenko said.