A 21-year-old Russian soldier was sentenced in Kyiv Monday to life in prison for killing a Ukrainian civilian in cold blood, marking the first conviction for war crimes since the Ukraine invasion.Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov in the head in the village of Chupakhivka in the northeastern Sumy region just four days into the war. Shishimarin testified last week that he shot the unarmed man after being ordered to do so. He told the court that an officer insisted that Shelipov, who was speaking on his cellphone, could pinpoint their location to the Ukrainian forces.
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