this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and one o clock in the morning in ukraine, where a court has sentenced a russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shishimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia s invasion three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62 year old civilian, but said he d been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn tjust a trial, it was ukraine s day in court, with all eyes and cameras on 21 year old vadim shishimarin. by legal standards, his journey to this dock has been quick. more than two weeks ago, the russian soldier was questioned over an alleged war crime. translation: we started moving. on the way, we saw a civilian talking on the phone. i was ordered to shoot and fired one round at him. he fell down. we moved on. today, the court heard how shishimarin shot a 62 year old
this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s six in the morning in singapore and one o clock in the morning in ukraine, where a court has sentenced a russian tank commander to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. vadim shishimarin was the first person to stand trial for war crimes since russia s invasion three months ago. he had admitted shooting the 62 year old civilian, but said he d been acting on orders and he will appeal against his sentence. our correspondentjames waterhouse was in court. this wasn tjust a trial, it was ukraine s day in court, with all eyes and cameras on 21 year old vadim shishimarin. by legal standards, his journey to this dock has been quick.
more than two weeks ago, the russian soldier was questioned over an alleged war crime. translation: we started moving. on the way, we saw a civilian talking on the phone. i was ordered to shoot and fired one round at him. he fell down. we moved on. today, the court heard how shishimarin shot a 62 year old man, oleksandr shelipov, three to four times in the head. he was one of five russian soldiers who had stolen a car and drove into a village in the northeastern sumy region. he claimed he was ordered to kill mr shelipov over worries he d give away their position. this clearly isn t an ordinary trial. vadim shishimarin s country, russia, denies deliberately targeting civilians in this war, but it s the 21 year old alone who s facing a ukrainian courtroom. his case, though, won t be the last. after a0 minutes, shishimarin learned his fate a guilty verdict