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Savchenko Says She Would Consider Running for President, Calls Putin 'Scum'

Former Ukrainian Army pilot Nadiya Savchenko said at a press conference in Kiev on May 27 that she would consider running for president if Ukrainians wanted her to.

“Let’s put it this way: Ukrainians, if you need me to be the president, okay, I will be the president. But I do not really believe that our people have learned to vote [independently],” she said. “Honestly, I cannot say that I want to [be president]. I love being a pilot. But, if necessary, I will do everything. I will take this path and work hard.”

Savchenko, who was recently released from prison in Russia after being detained for almost two years, also criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin at the conference, saying he is “not handsome at all, neither physically nor on the inside.”

“He is a louse, he is scum. That’s how I see Putin. That was my first impression of him,” she said. Credit: YouTube/Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty