The Latest Breaking News from War Crimes

Sgt Vadim Shishimarin admitted shooting the civilian in the head in a village in the north-eastern Sumy region

A court in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Monday ruled that a 21-year-old Russian soldier who admitted killing a civilian was guilty of war crimes. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

A Ukrainian court sentences a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion.

Vadim Shishimarin fired at a civilian at the start of the conflict

A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison on Monday for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion.

Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin, 21, had pleaded guilty to killing 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in the Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka on February 28 after being ordered to shoot him - just days after Vladimir Putin ordered Russian troops to cross the border into Ukraine

A verdict is due on Monday in the Ukraine conflict's first war crimes trial. The hearing in Kyiv, a public test of the Ukrainian judicial system's independence, comes as international institutions conduct their own investigations into killings that have blighted cities like Bucha and Mariupol.

Kyiv (Ukraine) (AFP) - With a verdict due Monday in the conflict’s first war crimes trial, Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine is only intensifying, with the city of Severodonetsk under "round-the-clock" bombardment as Russian troops attempt its encirclement.

With a verdict due Monday in the conflict’s first war crimes trial, Moscow's offensive in eastern Ukraine is only intensifying, with the city of Severodonetsk under "round-the-clock" bombardment as Russian troops attempt its encirclement. The trial in Kyiv -- seen as a public test of the Ukrainian judicial system's independence…