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Ukraine dismissed as absurd claims by Russia that Kyiv’s forces had killed their own fighters at the prison. In Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, vessels are getting ready to transport their first grain shipments since the war began.
A senior U.S. Defense Department official said there was growing evidence that steep Russian losses had left some units ill-prepared to fight.
Under normal circumstances, this trial could have lasted several years. The first war crime trial of a Russian serviceman was one of intense interest and rare speed in Ukraine. A young sergeant, Vadim Shishimarin, who pleaded guilty to the murder of a civilian, was sentenced yesterday to life in jail. Both Ukrainian society and the legal system appeared to be unprepared, says Irina Salii from “Sudovyi Reporter” (The Judicial Reporter), who is an experienced court reporter in Ukraine.
The verdict represents a milestone in Ukraine’s attempts to hold Russia and its soldiers accountable for atrocities committed in the war.
Ukraine’s first war crimes trial of a Russian soldier shows why forgiven may be needed for postwar reconciliation.