Ukraine Court Sentences Russian Soldier To Life Imprisonment Over War Crimes.

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A Ukrainian court has found a young Russian soldier guilty of war crimes on Monday for killing a civilian and handed him a life sentence, in the first verdict of its kind since Russia’s invasion three months ago.

The judgement came in as President Volodymyr Zelensky urged political and business elites at the World Economic Forum to end all trade with Russia and keep supplying his country with weapons.

Russian attacks are pummelling eastern Ukraine, but all eyes on Monday were on the capital Kyiv, in the landmark trial against 21-year-old Russian serviceman Vadim Shishimarin.

The sergeant from Siberia had admitted in court to killing a 62-year-old civilian, Oleksandr Shelipov, in the village of Chupakhivka in northeast Ukraine.

He claimed he shot Shelipov under pressure from another soldier as they tried to retreat and escape back into Russia in a stolen car on February 28, the fourth day of Moscow’s invasion.

Shishimarin had apologised and asked Shelipov’s widow for forgiveness, adding: “I was nervous about what was going on. I didn’t want to kill.”

But prosecutors claimed he shot between three and four bullets with the intention of killing the civilian.

He was also found guilty of premeditated murder, which Agafonov said was “committed with direct intent.

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