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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

First trial of Russian soldier charged with rape starts in Ukraine

AP

The first trial of a Russian soldier charged with raping a Ukrainian woman in the wake of Moscow’s invasion has begun.

However, Mikhail Romanov, the 32-year-old suspect, is not being held in custody so will be tried in absentia.

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