The latest from our News Desk on the evolving story surrounding Savchenko's release:
Reports: Savchenko Returning To Ukraine After Being Released In Russia
By RFE/RL
Reports say Ukrainian pilot Nadia Savchenko, who has been jailed in Russia, has been released in an apparent prisoner swap and is aboard a plane flying to Kyiv.
Citing unidentified sources, state-run Russian network RT reported on May 25 that two Russian prisoners held by Kyiv also were released and were being flown to Moscow.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko’s office said he would make a statement shortly.
"Unofficial information that I possess indicates that there will be the pardon and exchange today," Oksana Sokolovska, a lawyer for one of the Russians, said earlier.
Russia sentenced Savchenko to 22 years in prison in March after she was found guilty of involvement in the killing of two Russian journalists in eastern Ukraine.
The pilot has denied any involvement in the incident and says she was abducted and illegally brought to Russia.
Ukraine sentenced the two Russians -- Aleksandr Aleksandrov and Yevgeny Yerofeyev -- to 14 years in prison each on charges of fighting alongside Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine’s east.