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Vadim Shishimarin, Russian soldier facing war crimes trial in Kyiv, says he did not want to kill Ukrainian civilian

Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to killing the civilian in the Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka.  (AP: Roman Hrytsyna, file)

A 21-year-old Russian soldier says he had not wanted to kill an unarmed civilian and he sincerely repented, in his final words at the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's February 24 invasion. 

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