Poroshenko urges Putin to free Savchenko

krainian President Petro Poroshenko has had a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Ukrainian presidential press service reports.

"Petro Poroshenko stresses that Ukraine urges Russia to immediately release Nadia Savchenko. During the conversation, the issue of the Russian military servicemen, Yevgeny Yerofeyev and Alexander Alexandrov, were also discussed,” reads the report.

Immediate access to Nadiya Savchenko for Ukraine’s Consul General in Rostov was also agreed on.

In addition, due to the deterioration of Savchenko’s state of health, President Poroshenko called on President Putin to allow access of Ukrainian or German doctors to Savchenko.

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