Ukraine announces first war crime trial of 21-year-old Russian solider

A 21-year-old Russian soldier accused of shooting a civilian pushing a bicycle on the side of the road will stand trial in Ukraine for war crimes.Ukraine’s prosecutor general, Iryna Venediktova, said the soldier is in Ukrainian custody and identified him as Sgt Vadim Shysimarin.

Ms Venediktova said Ukraine’s intelligence agency, the SBU found in its investigation that on February 28, Sgt Shysimarin and four other soldiers stole a car at gunpoint in an attempt to flee Ukrainian forces and drove into the village of Chupakhivka in the Sumy region. The 21-year-old now faces 10 to 15 years in prison. However, it is not clear when the trial will begin.

Putin claimed that the West was planning to invade Russia in a speech he gave at the annual Victory Day military parade in Moscow Monday.

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