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

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.

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

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.

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…

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…

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.

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

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

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

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…