Two Russian troops were sentenced to more than 11 years in prison each on Tuesday after a court in central Ukraine found them guilty of firing artillery towards residential areas. The conviction in the Poltava area trial came only one week after a court in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, handed out a life sentence to a … Read more
In a Kyiv court on Thursday, the first Russian soldier on trial for war crimes in Ukraine prayed for “forgiveness” and told how he killed a civilian in the early days of Russia’s invasion. “I know that you will not be able to forgive me, but nevertheless I ask you for forgiveness,” 21-year-old Russian sergeant … Read more
The war crimes trial of a 21-year-old Russian soldier was postponed until Thursday. Vadim Shishimarin was the first person charged with war crimes since Russia invaded Ukraine in February. According to the prosecutor general’s office in Ukraine, he is suspected of killing an unarmed 62-year-old civilian in the Sumy area. When asked how he pled, … Read more
Ukraine’s prosecutor general’s office stated on Wednesday that the first Russian soldier will stand trial in the death of a 62-year-old man in Ukraine’s Sumy area. He announced that Vadim Shishimarin, commander of the military unit 32010 of Moscow’s 4th Tank Kantemirov Division, had been charged. According to the investigation, on February 28, a 21-year-old … Read more
