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DONETSK, Russia (AP) — A Russian court has begun reading a verdict for a Ukrainian pilot (Nadezhda Savchenko) who is charged with complicity to murder two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine.
The judge quoted arguments by prosecutors who said the pilot called-in the coordinates for shelling that killed the two journalists and several civilians in July of 2014.
The judge quoted them as saying she was driven by "political hatred" toward residents of the region.
The judge in the trial quoted the prosecution saying that the pilot was part of a "criminal group" and aimed to kill an "unlimited number of people."
Prosecutors have asked for a 23-year prison sentence. Sentencing is expected tomorrow.
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