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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Vitalii Hnidyi

After Russian soldier jailed for life in Ukraine, his victim's widow speaks up

Kateryna Shelipova, widow of 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov who was shot dead by a Russian soldier, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion, shows a picture of their marriage inside her house, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Chupakhivka, Ukraine May 24, 2022. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

The widow of an unarmed man killed in Ukraine by a Russian soldier jailed for life last week in the first war crimes trial of Russia's invasion has recounted finding her husband's body, a bullet hole in his head.

Kateryna Shelipova said she saw Vadim Shishimarin carrying a rifle shortly before she found her husband, 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov, lying in a road near their house in the northeast Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on Feb. 28.

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