Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko touched down in Boryspil International Airport near Kiev on Wednesday, after being released by Russia as part of a prisoner swap.
SOT, Nadezhda Savchenko, Ukrainian pilot (Ukrainian): “I have got my freedom! I want to ask for forgiveness from those parents whose children did not return from the anti-terrorist operation, while I am still alive. I want to ask for forgiveness from all the mothers whose children are in captivity, and I am free. I can't bring the dead back, but I am ready to lay my life on the battlefield again, and I will do everything to ensure that every person who is in captivity walks free. The heroes of Ukraine do not have to die. It is advantageous when the heroes are dead and bad when they were alive. It is bad for all. But we live! There will be heroes in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. They will be there in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the envy of the Russian Duma, and they will be for the glory of Ukraine, in gratitude to the Ukrainian people. We will live in Ukraine like a decent people must live! I do not know how it will be done, I tell you honestly. I will not promise that it will be tomorrow. I'll tell you that I am it. And it will be! Thank you all for fighting for me and for everyone! Believe you are fighting for everyone who is on the loose. If people do not speak, the politicians would be silent forever. So thanks to all the people, thank you all. I want to thank those who wished me well because I have survived thanks to you. I want to thank those who wish me ill because I have survived despite you. I want to thank those who were indifferent for not interfering.”
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