Savchenko instigated Ukrainian troopers to riot against Kyiv - MP Rychkova

MP Nadiia Savchenko instigated the troopers engaged in battles in the vicinity of the Donetsk airport to leave their position and launch offensive on Kyiv to overthrow ‘criminal authorities’. This was said by MP Tetiana Rychkova as she was delivering speech in the Verkhovna Rada session hall, – Livyj Bereh reports.

"This week, she (people's deputy Nadiia Savchenko – OstroV) visited the outskirts of the Donetsk airport and met with soldiers of the 80th and 79th Brigades. She instigated them to leave their positions and come here to overthrow 'criminal authorities'", - Rychkova said.

Rychkova recalled that the Criminal Code contains Article 109 - "Actions aimed at violent change or overthrow of the constitutional order or the seizure of state power", and suggested that the General Prosecutor's Office and the SBU to investigate the actions of N.Savchenko.

As previously reported, on December 7, 2016 N.Savchenko secretly visited Minsk and met with the leaders of the "DPR" and "LPR". It became known only after a few days. On December 12 Savchenko said that the meeting took place in "Minsk tripartite format" with the presence of the Russian side the "DPR/LPR". After that Savchenko was excluded from the Batkivshchyna faction. On December 22, the Verkhovna Rada excluded Savchenko from delegation to PACE. On January 10, 2017 MP Savchenko despite the position of the SBU published lists of prisoners of war.

On January 18, the Verkhovna Rada Committee on National Security and Defence recommended MPs to exclude Savchenko from it.