Russian soldier on trial in first Ukraine war-crimes case [View all]
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Source: The Age
Kyiv: A 21-year-old Russian soldier has gone on trial 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.
The soldier, a captured member of a tank unit, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in the northeastern village of Chupakhivka during the first days of the war.
Scores of journalists and cameras packed inside a small courtroom at the Solomyanskyy district court in Ukraine’s capital on Friday (AEST), where the suspect Sergeant Vadim Shyshimarin sat in a glassed-off area wearing a blue-and-grey hoodie, sweatpants and a shaved head.
He faces up to life in prison under a section of the Ukrainian criminal code that addresses the laws and customs of war. Ukraine’s top prosecutor, with help from foreign experts, is investigating allegations that Russian troops violated Ukrainian and international law by killing, torturing and abusing possibly thousands of Ukrainian civilians.
Read more: https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/russian-soldier-on-trial-in-first-ukraine-war-crimes-case-20220514-p5alar.html
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