Article 5ZC8W Russian soldier pleads guilty in first Ukraine war crimes trial since invasion

Russian soldier pleads guilty in first Ukraine war crimes trial since invasion

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Emma Graham-Harrison in Kyiv
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Tank commander Vadim Shysimarin, 21, admits shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian who was on a bicycle

A Russian tank commander has pleaded guilty to shooting dead 62-year-old man as he rode his bicycle down a village road, in Ukraine's first trial for war crimes committed during the Russian invasion.

Vadim Shysimarin, 21, sat emotionless as prosecutors detailed charges that he had fired his AK-47 at the unarmed cyclist from the window of a car in the north-eastern Sumy region in late February.

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