KIEV, Ukraine, May 25 (UPI) -- Ukrainian military pilot Nadiya Savchenko was freed by Russia in a prisoner swap in which two intelligence officers will be returned to Russia.
Savchenko, 34, was sentenced to 22 years in prison in April for the deaths of two Russian journalists in Lugansk, eastern Ukraine, by reporting their coordinates to a Ukrainian artillery battalion. She was also convicted of illegally flying over the border into Russia. The charge of accessory to murder was upgraded to "joint perpetrator of murder" during the trial.