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Ukraine War: Russian Soldier Bags Life Imprisonment

Web News 23 May 2022 569 0

A court in Ukraine has jailed a Russian tank commander for life for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. Captured soldier, Sgt Vadim Shishimarin was convicted of killing Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the north-eastern village of Chupakhivka on the 28th of Continue Reading

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Female Ukrainian confronts Russian soldier accused of killing her husband

Web News 19 May 2022 370 0

A 62-year-old unarmed civilian,Oleksandr Shelipov, was shot dead on a village street outside his Ukrainian home, during the first war crime. Three months later and the captured Russian soldier accused of killing him is in Kyiv being tried for a war crime. Standing up in court to confront the 21-year-old defendant on Thursday was Kateryna […]Continue Reading

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Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing civilian during first war crimes trial in Ukraine

Web News 18 May 2022 357 0

Report says that, Vadim Shishimarin admitted shooting a 62-year-old man a few days after the invasion began. He faces life in jail. The prisoner was brought into the tiny Kyiv courtroom in handcuffs, flanked by heavily armed guards. He looked nervous, and kept his head bowed. The widow of the man killed was sitting just […]Continue Reading