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article_snippet: Pictured: Ukrainian women walk past a wrecked armored personnel carrier .
article_snippet: It is understood Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French leader Francois Hollande urged the pilot's release in a phone call late on Monday.
article_snippet: Earlier that same day, Poroshenko bestowed on Savchenko the country's highest honour, Hero of Ukraine, saying Poroshenko was a 'symbol of the invincibility of the Ukrainian spirit and heroism'.
article_snippet: Discussions: Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko (left) - who awarded Savchenko his country's highest honour - has asked Russian president Vladamir Putin (right) to release the army pilot .
article_snippet: Voloshin, from state television channel Rossiya.
article_snippet: The pair were killed on June 18 . after being hit with shrapnel during an attack by Ukrainian forces near .
highlights_snippet: Helicopter navigator now declining glucose injections keeping Helicopter navigator alive .
  