Maria Savenko

Maria Savenko is a Ukrainian woman who came into the spotlight after reporting the disappearance of her husband, Mihhail Savenko, a volunteer who joined the Ukrainian military to aid in the conflict. In her correspondence to a news outlet, she detailed her distress after losing contact with him and revealed that a representative from the Ukrainian armed forces informed her of his alleged death, demanding a sum of money for the evacuation of his body from the battlefield.