A captured Russian tank commander in court for murdering an innocent Ukrainian grandfather could be used in a prisoner swap deal.
Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, on trial for war crimes, smirked in the dock as he heard he might yet be set free as part of an exchange - despite killing unarmed Oleksandr Shelypov, 62.
The 21-year-old POW sheepishly begged for "forgiveness" and hung his head during cross-examination from his victim's widow Kateryn, 61, yesterday at Kyiv's Appeal Court.