Russian soldier handed life sentence in first battle crimes trial of Ukraine battle

A Ukrainian court docket sentenced a Russian soldier to life in jail for killing a civilian in first battle crimes trial since Moscow declared battle on Kyiv.

Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin had earlier pleaded responsible to capturing a Ukrainian man. (Image: AP)

A Russian soldier has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Ukraine’s first battle crimes trial since Moscow declared battle on Kyiv in February this yr.

Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin (21) was accused of capturing a Ukrainian civilian within the head in a village within the northeastern Sumy area.

The Russian soldier pleaded responsible and testified that he was following orders. Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin instructed the court docket that one other Russian officer had instructed him that the Ukrainian civilian, who was speaking on his cell phone, might disclose their location to the Ukrainian Army.

On Monday, May 23, the 21-year-old sergeant was handed a life sentence as he was convicted of capturing the Ukrainian man within the head by means of an open automotive window in a village within the northeastern Sumy area on February 28, 4 days into the Russian invasion.

Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating 1000’s of potential battle crimes because the nation witnessed broad scale bloodshed following Russian invasion. The Russian forces bombed a theater the place civilians had been sheltering and struck a maternity hospital. Streets had been crammed with our bodies and mass graves had been present in Ukraine’s Bucha after the Russian forces withdrew from the city.

(With inputs from AP)

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