DPR leader Zakharchenko threatens to kill Savchenko

Alexander Zakharchenko is a Russia-appointed leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic / Photo from oplot.info

"If Savchenko comes to the front line, we'll shoot her. So when we're to blame for killing her, it wouldn't be so offensive," he told journalists.

He also claims "Kyiv would prefer to have Savchenko dead than alive."

As UNIAN reported earlier, Zakharchenko admitted a "reunion with Ukraine only if there is change in power in Kyiv."