top u.s. military leader talking finally again discussing the hour s long call of the state of the war. how ukrainian using official recognition technology on the battlefield and plus two russian journalists were able to defy the sensors, they were still alive to do it. we start with the preliminary hearing that could become a first in this war. a prosecution of an alleged russian war criminal even as the war goes on around it. melissa bell has the story. she warns you some of the images you are seeing are graphic. reporter: ukraine opens its first war crime trial. the 21-year-old vadim shishimarin accused of shooting an unarmed man. they include the massacre of 300 unarmed civilians in bucha and the killings of many sicivilian of men and children in the two months long of kharkiv. we have commanders give orders of shots. from other side, we understand that ordinary soldiers have their own responsibility for these atrocities. reporter: that s a message that needs to be
can t use their army to invade another country and they can t use their army against sif civilians. for now in a small courthouse in kyiv that ukrainian justice will have a say. reporter: ukrainian lawyer said he had faith in the partiality of the country s judiciary and the court can be trusted to make a reason decision, he has yet to enter a plea. the kremlin spokesperson says he had no information of the case. the size of the media spoke to the interests and emotion v involved on all side. she felt no anger towards the 21 years old who could face life in jail. the tears of russian mothers are salty, too. from kyiv, melissa bell, you noted the prosecutor wanted to