Savchenko coming out of dry hunger strike with heavy complications - lawyer

"Yesterday she was vomiting the water she was trying to drink. Besides that, her already shaken health is deteriorating. She is having an old problem with kidney stones, which was exacerbated by the stress caused by the hunger strike (especially dry). The fever which she has had for several days indicates a serious inflammation of the internal organs at least," Savchenko’s attorney reported on Facebook Friday morning. He also said Savchenko is not letting Russian doctors examine her. Ukrainian doctors are still in Rostov-on-Don and have not received permission from the Russian authorities to examine Savchenko. "The minimal thing that now needs to be done for Nadia Savchenko is to conduct her medical evaluation [...] to evaluate the current and potential risks coming out of the dry hunger strike," Polozov said, reiterating that "this problem needs to be resolved urgently." Polozov believes the situation is critical. As we have reported, Savchenko faces 23 years in jail on charges of complicity in the deaths of two Russian journalists covering the eastern Ukraine who were killed in June 2014. She denies the charges saying the case was fabricated, as she was kidnapped by the pro-Russian separatists before the reporters were killed, and spirited into Russia. Her trial has been internationally recognized as ungrounded and politically motivated. She has been on a hunger strike since December 17th, and on March 3rd declared a dry hunger strike. She started drinking water on Thursday.