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Ukraine to open war crimes trial of Russian soldier accused of killing civilian

A Russian soldier stands as residents of Ukraine's southern port of Mariupol queue for humanitarian aid, in March 2022. © Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

Ukraine has indicted a Russian soldier – one of over 600 suspects identified for alleged atrocities – in what will be its first war crimes trial over Russia's invasion.

Ukraine’s top prosecutor has charged a Russian soldier in the killing of an unarmed Ukrainian civilian in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on 28 February, four days after the start of the war.

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