KYIV – Imprisoned Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko again drew international attention and support after declaring a hunger strike on March 3 when the judge in her trial denied her the opportunity to read her final statement. She reportedly refused food and water for six days, starting on March 4, before announcing on March 10…...

A large group of Ukrainian Americans gathered at the Taras Shevchenko monument in Washington on March 9 for the Ukrainian Embassy’s annual celebration of the Ukrainian poet laureate’s birthday and, as Ambassador Valeriy Chaly stressed in his ceremonial remarks, to protest the Russian imprisonment and soon-expected conviction of Nadiya Savchenko. Afterwards, a small group went on to continue the protest in front of the Russian ambassador’s official residence.