21-year-old Russian Soldier Found Guilty of War Crimes, Sentenced to Life In Prison

 

A Kyiv court has sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison.

 

The 21-year-old soldier identified as Shishimarin was handed the sentence on Monday.

 

He had confessed to killing a 62-year-old Ukrainian civilian named Oleksandr Shelipov.

“The court has found that (Vadim) Shishimarin is guilty and sentences him to life imprisonment,” judge Sergiy Agafonov said. Shishimarin, a Russian sergeant, admitted early in court to killing 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in the first days of the Kremlin’s offensive in north-east Ukraine.