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A Kyiv court rules that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who killed a civilian is guilty of war crimes and sentences him to life in prison. Vadim Shishimarin, a captive Russian sergeant, has admitted to killing 62-year-old villager Oleksandr Shelipov in the first days of the Kremlin's offensive in north-east Ukraine.
Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, has pleaded guilty to shooting dead 62-year-old civilian Oleksandr Shelipov, and asked for 'forgiveness' from his widow in court.
The first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes in Ukraine asks for "forgiveness" in a Kyiv court after he gave a detailed account on how he killed a civilian early in Moscow's invasion.
Ukrainian prosecutors on Thursday requested a life sentence for the first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes since the start of Moscow's invasion. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
A 21-year-old Russian soldier went on trial Friday in Kyiv for the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian, marking the first war crime prosecution of a member of the Russian military from 11 weeks of bloodshed in Ukraine. FRANCE 24's Gulliver Cragg tells us more.
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