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A Russian soldier has pleaded guilty to felony criminal mischief

The 21-year-old soldier who is being tried in the first trial for war crimes in the Ukraine warpleaded guilty to the killing of a civilian on 28 Februarya few days after the Russian invasion.

As reported by the French Agency, the Vadim Sisimarin where is Sergeant from Irkutskin Siberiaanswered “yes” to the judge who asked him if he admits the facts “without reservations”, and pleaded guilty.

Wearing a blue and khaki sweatshirt with a shaved head, the non-commissioned officer with the plump face was alone in the dividing area surrounded by glasswith his interpreter leaning towards him in a small courtroom in the district Solomianskyin the Kyiv.

According to the indictment, Sergeant Vadim Sisimarin commanded a small unit of an armored division when their phalanx was attacked. He, along with four other soldiers, then stole a car.

While circulating near village of Tsoupachivkain the province of Sumi (northeast), crossed with a 62-year-old man pushing his bike while talking on his cell phone.

«One of the soldiers ordered the accused to kill the civilian so as not to denounce them “, according to the Ukrainian justice, which clarifies that the man was” killed on the spot “a few tens of meters from his residence.

At early Maythe Ukrainian authorities had announce his arrest without giving details, posting a video in which Vadim Sisimarin said he had come to fight in Ukraine to “help his mother financially”.

Source: News Beast

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