KYIV (Ukraine), May 23: A captured Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian was sentenced Monday to life in prison the maximum in the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine three months ago. Meanwhile, in a rare public expression of opposition to the war from the ranks of the Russian elite, a veteran Kremlin diplomat resigned and sent a scathing letter to foreign colleagues in which he said, “Never have I been so […]
A Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian was sentenced to life in prison. The sentencing Monday came in the first war crimes trial.