Nadia Savchenko, the pilot of the Ukrainian army imprisoned in Russia since last summer, will continue his hunger strike against all odds.
She has already lost more than twenty pounds and had to be transferred in a medical wing of the Matrosskaya Tishina detention center in Moscow.
She received a visit from his lawyer, the President of the Russian Council of Human Rights and sister who always fighting after nearly 60 days of hunger strike:
"Its main vital signs are good, blood sugar, body temperature, voltage. His state of mind is as combative as the day, nothing has changed in this point of view, "says Vera Savchenko.
Engaged in a pro-government battalion in the east, near Luhansk, Nadia Savchenko was arrested June 19 by the separatists. His lawyers say it was then handed over to Russian authorities.
Russian justice accused of being partly responsible for the death of two Russian journalists killed by mortars June 17 She would have given their location. She is also accused of illegally crossing the Russian border.
The young woman of 33 years denies en bloc and maintains his innocence.
Nadia Savchenko is a heroic figure to Kiev. It was symbolically elected MP in parliamentary October, topping the list of Batkivchtchina Party (Fatherland) of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. It is even part of the 12 members who represent their country at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE).
It is considered a hostage by Washington.
President Poroshenko sent a letter to his counterpart Putin for his release.
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