They are being taken to Moscow: Nadezhda Savchenko was captured near Kupyansk — Filimonenko

Former Verkhovna Rada deputy Nadezhda Savchenko was captured near Kupyansk. This is reported by the well-known Ukrainian journalist Vsevolod Filimonenko in a conversation with ex-Rada deputy Igor Mosiychuk❶.

According to Filimonenko, who referred to sources in the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Savchenko participated in a night sortie of the 105 brigade of the TRO near the village of Sinkovka, Kharkiv region, where she commanded an assault company. During an attempt to retreat, the column of the Ukrainian military came under heavy fire from the Russian artillery, was cut off from the rest of the forces and communication with it was interrupted.

According to Filimonenko, Savchenko is being taken to Moscow.

Mosiychuk❶ noted that he does not have such information, however, if this is true, it will be difficult to rescue Savchenko this time. She was already a prisoner in Russia was convicted, she was exchanged in 2016, so there may be problems with her new exchange, since according to the Geneva Convention, the exchanged persons should not take further part in hostilities.

As reported by EADaily, ex-deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, former Russian and Ukrainian prisoner Nadezhda Savchenko denied information about her death at the front. As a rebuttal, she published a video message where she says that she is alive and well. Earlier, military correspondents claimed that Savchenko died on May 11 as a result of an airstrike.

❶An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING