KIEV, March 25 – President Petro Poroshenko had a meeting with EU Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks during which he called for release of Nadia Savchenko, who was sentenced to 22 years in prison, and other Ukrainian political prisoners detained in Russia.

"Criminal prosecution of Ukrainian citizens illegally detained in Russia is politically motivated and contradicts generally accepted legislative regulations and principles. These cases have similar features that prove the existence of a very dangerous trend," Poroshenko said during the meeting with Muiznieks according to his press service.

The president addressed the Council of Europe with a request to send a special mission to Russia to monitor the situation of Ukrainians imprisoned in Russia.