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Ukrainian court sentences Russian soldier to life in prison for killing civilian

A Ukrainian court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion.

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Russian soldier, 21, jailed for life for war crime in Ukraine

Vadim Shishimarin fired at a civilian at the start of the conflict

Wales Online

Russian soldier jailed for life in first war crimes trial of Ukraine war

A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion.

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Russian soldier jailed for life after killing civilian in first war crimes trial

Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty to killing 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in the Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on February 28 after being ordered to shoot him - just days after Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to cross the border into Ukraine

Daily Mirror

War crimes verdict due in Kyiv court; Russian eastern offensive intensifies

A verdict is due on Monday in the Ukraine conflict's first war crimes trial. The hearing in Kyiv, a public test of the Ukrainian judicial system's independence, comes as international institutions conduct their own investigations into killings that have blighted cities like Bucha and Mariupol.

Radio France Internationale

War crimes verdict looms as Russian offensive intensifies

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - With a verdict due Monday in the conflict’s first war crimes trial, Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine is only intensifying, with the city of Severodonetsk under "round-the-clock" bombardment as Russian troops attempt its encirclement.

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War Crimes Verdict Looms as Russian Offensive Intensifies

With a verdict due Monday in the conflict’s first war crimes trial, Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine is only intensifying, with the city of Severodonetsk under "round-the-clock" bombardment as Russian troops attempt its encirclement. The trial in Kyiv -- seen as a public test of the Ukrainian judicial system's independence…

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Russia Says Mariupol Battle at End as Ukrainian Defenders Surrender

Russia has declared victory in its months-long operation to capture the strategic port of Mariupol after Ukraine ordered the last of its troops holed up in the city's Azovstal steelworks to lay down their arms. Moscow's flattening of Mariupol has drawn multiple accusations of war crimes, including over a deadly…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the invasion of Ukraine began tells a court he had not wanted to kill an unarmed civilian and he sincerely repented.

ABC News

Deliberations start in Russian soldier's war crimes trial

The lawyer for a Russian soldier who is the first to go on trial for an alleged war crime in Ukraine has asked a Kyiv court to acquit his client

The Independent UK

Russian soldier says he will accept punishment for Ukraine war crime

Tank commander Vadim Shysimarin, 21, tells court he was ‘nervous’ and ‘didn’t want to kill’ unarmed civilian

The Guardian - UK

‘I did not want to kill,’ Russian soldier tells Ukraine war crimes trial

The judge may hand down a verdict when the court next convenes on Monday

The Independent UK

Russian Soldier in Ukraine War Crimes Trial Says He Did Not Want to Kill

A 21-year-old Russian soldier told a court on Friday he had not wanted to kill an unarmed civilian and that he sincerely repented, as he delivered his final words at the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion. Vadim Shishimarin, a tank commander, has pleaded guilty to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine slams Russian attacks on Donbas 'hell'

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Incessant bombardment has turned Ukraine's Donbas region into "hell", President Volodymyr Zelensky said, as the first post-invasion trial of a Russian soldier for war crimes neared its closely watched climax Friday.

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Russian soldier in Ukraine war crimes trial says he did not want to kill

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Australia backs Russia war crime probes

Ukrainian prosecutors have the support of Australia in bringing to account soldiers alleged to have committed atrocities during Russia’s invasion.

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Many pathways to justice in Ukraine

It is unlikely the ICC will bring lasting justice in Ukraine, but there are many legal avenues that could help.

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Can the ICC prosecute Putin, the head of a non-member state?

The International Criminal Court moved fast on allegations of war crimes perpetrated in Ukraine, but those looking for swift justice may be disappointed.

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The Conversation

Russia's blockade could cause mass famine beyond Ukraine – but it’s a crime without a name

Trying to gauge the worst aspect of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is difficult. For some, it will be the illegal invasion itself. For others, the war crimes or crimes against humanity committed since.

Los Angeles Times

Moscow says hundreds of Ukrainian troops in custody; US Senate approves $40 billion in new aid

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia said Thursday that more than 1,700 Ukrainian fighters had surrendered at a steel plant in the conquered city of Mariupol, even as Ukraine claimed battlefield gains elsewhere, continued its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier and prepared to launch a second.

ABC News

Russian soldier asks widow of victim for forgiveness in Ukraine war crimes trial

During the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a 21-year-old Russian soldier asks a Ukrainian widow to forgive him for killing her husband.

Evening Standard

Russian soldier begs his victim’s widow for forgiveness in war crime trial

Sgt Shishimarin told the widow: ‘I realise that you can’t forgive me, but I’m pleading you for forgiveness’

Daily Mirror

Russian soldiers 'held babies hostage and executed a boy on playground' report claims

The Human Rights Watch has uncovered a string of accusations of shocking war crimes said to have been carried out by Russian soldiers on Ukrainian civilians as the invasion began

Evening Standard

West must put senior Russian figures on trial for war crimes, says ambassador

His comments come as the first Russian soldier accused of war crimes has been put on trial

AFP

Life sentence requested for Russian soldier in Kyiv war crimes trial

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - Ukrainian prosecutors on Thursday requested a life sentence for the first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes since the start of Moscow's invasion, AFP journalists in the courtroom reported.

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