Kyiv: A Ukrainian court has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian. This is the first war crimes trial since Russia launched its offensive.
Vadim Shishimarin, 21, a Russian tank commander, was convicted on February 28 in the shooting death of Oleksandr Shelipov, 62, in the village of Chupakhivka in northeastern Ukraine. The trial began last week. Russia has not responded to the court ruling.
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Meanwhile, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Boris Bondarev has resigned in protest of the Ukraine attack. He was working in Geneva when he revealed the news on social media.
Ukraine has confirmed that 87 people have been killed in Russian airstrikes on military barracks. This is the biggest disappointment Ukraine has faced in a single attack. It was initially reported that eight people had been killed in the May 17 attack. Russia’s missiles hit a military training center in Desna, in the Kirniv region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selensky said 87 bodies had been exhumed from the rubble.
Ukraine claims to have blocked Russia’s advance on the Severodonetsk in Luhansk. It is reported that the Russian army is withdrawing from here. Russia began clearing landmines from the area of the Azovstall steel factory in Mariupol. Russia says it has defused 100 explosives planted by Ukrainian forces.
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