Pilot Savchenko says she was handcuffed, blindfolded when taken to Russia – Poroshenko's press service

Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who was kidnapped in Luhansk region and is kept in jail in Voronezh, at a meeting with Ukrainian Consul Hennadiy Breskalenko confirmed that she was brought to Russia by force.

"Nadia Savchenko confirmed that she was illegally abducted from the territory of Ukraine without her consent, that she was handcuffed and had a bag put over her head. Moreover, the kidnappers changed several cars," Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin told Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, the official Web site of the president reported on Wednesday.

"Protesting against her illegal transfer to another country and demanding a meeting with the consul, the Ukrainian pilot went on a hunger strike. After the consul was allowed to see her, she stopped the hunger strike," the report says.

During the meeting, the consul conveyed the words of support from President Poroshenko to Savchenko.

The report also says that in talks with world leaders the Ukrainian president constantly insists on the release of all hostages, including Savchenko.

Savchenko, 31, fought in eastern Ukraine in the ranks of the Aidar volunteer battalion and in June was taken prisoner by militia forces near the town of Schastia in Luhansk region.

She resurfaced on July 8 - reports said she was currently in a detention center in Voronezh.

The Russian Investigative Committee claims that she crossed the border into Russia without any identification papers and masquerading as a Ukrainian refugee, and that officials who stopped her in a Russian village for an identity inspection identified her as a suspect in the killing of Igor Kornelyuk and Anton Voloshin, reporters for Russian radio and television company VGTRK.

The Voronezh Regional Court ordered her to remain in custody until August 30.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has instructed the Prosecutor General's Office and the Security Service to look into the circumstances of Savchenko's transfer to Russian territory. Poroshenko also instructed the Foreign Ministry and other government agencies to take every possible measure to secure the Ukrainian pilot's unconditional release by Russia and her return home.