First Russian soldier taken to court in Ukraine for killing civilian
Vadim Shishimarin, 21, becomes the first Russian soldier to be taken to court in Ukraine for killing a civilian, says Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine’s Prosecutor General. Shishimarin, she says, was commander of a tank crew based in Moscow. He killed an unarmed civilian in Chupakhivka, Sumy region, on 28 February. Photo: Iryna Venediktova On that day, says Venediktova, Shishmarin, alongside his fellow soldiers, was trying to get away from the Ukrainian army, driving a stolen car.