Nadiia Savchenko in courtroom on May 14

Nadiia Savchenko is suspected of committing crimes under Part 1 of Article 109 (actions aimed at the forcible change or overthrow of the constitutional order or seizure of state power); Part 1 of Article 14 (preparations for a crime), Part 2 of Article 28 (committing a crime by a group of persons, a group of persons by prior agreement, an organized group or a criminal organization), Article 112 (an attempted attack on the life of a public figure), Part 3 of Article 258 (an act of terror); Part 1 of Article 258-3 (creation of a terrorist group or organization) and Part 1 of Article 263 (illegal possession of weapons, ammunition or explosives) of the Criminal Code of Ukraine. 

Savchenko, a former Army aviation pilot, fought as a volunteer of the Aidar Battalion in the Donbas war before she was captured by Russian-led forces in June 2014. In May 2016, she was exchanged in a prisoner swap for Russian GRU officers and returned home.