OPINION: NADIYA SAVCHENKO AND A SYMBOL OF A MARTYR

Talking about the future of Nadiya Savchenko we have to be honest with ourselves. During the last so-called "court session" prosecutors asked the judge to recognize Nadiya's guilt and appoint a sentence of imprisonment for 23 years. Unfortunately, this version of further course of the situation is most possible. For unknown reasons the judge announced break of the court hearings to March 9. 

In sign of protest the Ukrainian pilot has announced a dry hunger strike. "I am going on dry hunger strike until I return to Ukraine, dead or alive!" she has wrote in her letter. All we have to understand that she can die in these days without appropriate medical intervention.

Traditionally, the Ukrainian authorities send their notes of protest and the European politicians express their deep concern on this matter, all they strongly condemn the Kremlin's actions and demand the immediate return of Nadiya Savchenko to the homeland. Previously we saw its ineffectiveness during the court case against Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. In fact no real steps to liberation of Savchenko, Sentsov, Karpyuk and many others were not taken till now!

Let's answer the question what will happen in the worst case, if one of the symbols of the Russian-Ukrainian war will die? Unfortunately - nothing. Of course, all-Ukrainian mourning will be announced; of course, will be held a decent funeral; of course, streets and squares in Ukrainian cities will be named in her honour as well as many newborn girls will be named Nadiya. Her will be one of martyrs of modern Ukrainian history.

A martyr. It's looks like someone actively tries to turn every heroic figure of Ukrainian history to a martyr in the mind of Ukrainian society. Despite this, every great deed of the future will be carried out in the name of the heroes, symbols of resistance. A  Chilean politician once wrote: "Gods see the bloood of heroes mush better then colorless tears of saints."

Nadiya will back in Ukraine alive or dead. We must do everything possible to her death will not became just a page in the history.

Original by Anna Volnistova