At the first war crimes trial since the invasion, a Ukrainian court had sentenced a Russian soldier to life imprisonment for killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian.
Vadim Shishimarin the 21-year-old, whose trial initiated on May 13, asserted guilty to killing 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in the village of Chupakhiva, in northeastern Ukraine, on February 28.
He conceded shooting 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in the village of Chupakhiva, in northeastern Ukraine, on February 28 but said he was acting on orders from a soldier of higher rank
Judge Serhiy Agafonov Vadim Shishimarin, a tank commander, carried out a ‘criminal order’ from a soldier of a higher rank by firing several shots at the victim’s head from an automatic weapon.
Russia has been accused of committing war crimes repeatedly in the ongoing invasion.