The Buzz | Freed Ukrainian pilot returns home after 2 years in Russia

Russia freed Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko yesterday after holding her for nearly two years, with President Vladimir Putin pardoning her as part of a swap for two Russian servicemen jailed in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian president sent his plane to pick up Savchenko in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia and bring her home to Kiev, where she received a hero’s welcome. “Thank you everyone for fighting for me!”
The two Russians were also freed yesterday, and Russian state television showed them being greeted at a Moscow airport by their wives.