Both Russia and Ukraine are signatories to the Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners of war – how much it is being observed is another matter.
send a strong message. as that sentence was read out, 21-year-old vadim shishimarin bowing his head. during that 50 minutes, nearly an hour the judge spent reading out the verdict and the sentencing, and remember, everyone had to stand during this reading out, going to great lengths, i think, to explain that the verdict was being given in accordance with ukrainian law, which is that the judge has ruled that vadim shishimarin is guilty of premeditated murder in violation of the customs and rules of war. that is the most interesting thing about this trial. in a civilian court, a trial ruling on what a soldier has done during a war, even as that war continues. have a listen to what the prosecutor had to say just after that hearing came to an end today.
reporter: that family, two times are refugees, fled in 2014 to settle in mariupol, and that mother and daughter you just heard from then fled in mid-march as a result of the shelling of the city and now they are settled outside of kyiv desperately waiting for news of their husband and father, but, again, the fate of even those who have been evacuated to this house, extremely uncertain, as erica said a moment ago, russia says that they will be treated in accordance with the rules of law so essentially from the point of view of russians these of russia, these are prisoners of war that have surrendered. from the point of view of ukraine, the many fighters that they are hoping they will be able to get their release of, jim. we should note, russia does not have a good track record following the rules of war, including attacking civilians, so i fear i fear for those guys. yeah. it is an excellent point. melissa bell, appreciate it.
it s the russian real war. they have no respect for civilian, human life. they believe in the war of using artillery and rocket fire to kill people, to destroy infrastructure, so they can go in and occupy the area that they have bombarded. in is totally immoral. it s against all rules of war. it s being documented, and i hope the world will see this russian group led by putin and what they re willing to do to impose their will they don t do it at the ballot box, they did it with artillery. that s what he s trying to do. he could not force ukraine into his way of thinking. they re a democratic elected government. he s using his artillery, aircraft, and soldiers to impose