Ukrainian ombudsperson asks Russian counterpart to urgently clarify Savchenko's detention conditions

Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Valeria Lutkovska has asked her Russian counterpart Ella Pamfilova to clarify the whereabouts and detention conditions of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko.

"As requested by Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska, an urgent request was sent to Russia Human Rights Commissioner Ella Pamfilova to clarify the whereabouts and detention conditions of Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko," the press service of the Ukrainian ombudsperson reported.

The press service recalled that Savchenko's case had initially been under the personal control of the Ukrainian ombudsperson. Lutkovska has repeatedly stated that the situation with Savchenko looks like an international kidnapping.

Earlier on Wednesday, Savchenko's lawyers said that their client had been taken from Voronezh prison, but her whereabouts were unknown.

Then Russian Investigative Committee spokesman Vladimir Markin said that Savchenko would undergo a psychiatric examination as part of a criminal inquiry into the killings of Russian journalists.