A Russian soldier standing trial for committing war crimes by murdering a civilian in Ukraine has pleaded guilty.
A Kyiv district court met on May 18 to begin hearing its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier who took part in Moscow's February 24 invasion, a case of huge symbolic value for Ukraine.
Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is charged with murdering a civilian, aged 62, in the Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on February 28.