Her preliminary hearing took place in a Ukrainian court today first trial for war crime in Ukraine after Russian invasion of the countryon February 24.
The accused is one Russian soldier21 years old, for the murder of a 62 year old civilian.
The accused stated before the court that he was named Vadim Sisimarin, while he stated that he was born in the Irkutsk region of Russia. He also confirmed that it is soldier of Russian forces during this brief hearing.
The website of the Kyiv district court states that Sisimarin is accused of “violations of the laws and morals of war».
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced that the accused is a chariot commander in the chariot division of Kademirovskaya from the Moscow region.
The attorney general had released a photo of himself before the hearing – with a shaved head and a frightened style, Sisimarin was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and was taken to the courtroom by police, Reuters reports.
The judge announced that the court will meet again on May 18.
The case has enormous symbolic significance for her Ukraineadds the international news agency in its publication: The Kiev government has accused Russia of cruelty and barbarism against civilians during the invasion and has announced that it has recorded more than 10,000 possible war crimesfor which he blames 622 Russian military.
Russia he denies that it targets civilians and that it has committed war crimes and accuses Kyiv of directing them to insult its military forces.
After all, the Kremlin today told reporters that it has not no information for a war crime trial.
If convicted, the 21-year-old faces up to Life imprisonment for the killing of a civilian in the village of Tsupahifka, east of Kiev, on 28 February.
Indictment
In a pre-trial announcement, the attorney general’s office said the soldier had steal a private vehicle to escape with four other Russian soldiers after their convoy was attacked by Ukrainian forces.
The same announcement states that the Russian soldiers went to this village where they saw one unarmed resident to ride his bike and talk on his cell phone.
According to the same img, the accused ordered by another soldier to kill the civilian so that the latter would not mention the presence of the Russians in the village and shot the civilian in the head with a Kalashnikov assault rifle in the open window – the latter was killed instantly.
It is unknown at this time what he will do after leaving the post, nor what happened to the other soldiers present at the time of the killing.
THE Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) conducted the investigation into the case, the prosecutor said.
“Soon there will be many more such cases”
In the courtroom, Sisimarin answered the questions judge, who addressed him in Ukrainian and Russian. He had an interpreter with him.
Reuters was unable to contact him or his legal representative to comment before the proceedings.
Prosecutor Andriy Sinyuk told reporters after the trial: “This is the first case today. But soon there will be many more».
Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, said yesterday that there are many examples possible war crimes after the Russian invasion and that 1,000 corpses have so far been found in the Kiev region.
THE Britain and the Netherlands sent experts in war crimes investigations to assist in the investigations of Ukrainians and International Criminal Courtespecially in Boutsaa suburb of Kiev.
Source: News Beast
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