Ukrainian pilot and MP Nadiya Savchenko sings the national anthem as she attends her first session in the parliament after being freed from confinement in Russia as part of a prisoner swap in Kiev, Ukraine, May 31, 2016. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukrainian servicewoman Nadiya Savchenko, whose resistance to her imprisonment in Russia has made her a national hero and a potentially disruptive force in Ukrainian politics, received a standing ovation in her first address to parliament on Tuesday.
A helicopter navigator captured while fighting pro-Russian separatists in the Donbass region, Savchenko's bold defiance at Russian authority during her two-year captivity restored Ukraine's national pride bruised by the conflict with Russia.
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