Ukrainian top gun held in Russia "could die soon"
(AGI) Moscow, Feb 27 - Nadia Savchenko, top gun of theUkrainian army held in Moscow and on hunger strike for 77 days,"could die soon", said a member of the Kremlin's Council forHuman Rights on Friday. After visiting the Ukrainian pilot inprison, council member Elena Masyuk wrote an open letter urgingthe woman's transfer to house arrest. However, the Russiannational prison service denied that she is in criticalcondition. Savchenko, 33 years old, fell into Russian hands inJune, when she was captured by separatists in the East andlater handed over to the Russian authorities.