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taylor swift, as she receives an honorary doctorate from new york university learn to live alongside cringe . welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. a russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, in the first war crimes trial in ukraine since the russian invasion began. appearing in court in kyiv, the 21 year old admitted shooting dead a ukrainian man as he pushed a bicycle on the road. our correspondent sarah rainsford sent this report. this was a major moment for ukraine, the first russian soldier accused of a war crime, already up in court. vadim shishimarin is a russian tank commander. he s on trial for shooting and killing a civilian. all the time, the widow of the man killed was just the other side of the glass. the soldier seemed nervous and said little, until the words that mattered. asked whether he admitted his guilt, vadim shishimarin told thejudge, yes, completely. it was the very start of this war, as russi ....
Extremely quickly and, of course, it s happening in the middle of a war, but everyone here knows that they re under scrutiny, they know they have to be transparent. and what ukraine says is that it s not looking for scapegoats, this is not a show trial. they want justice. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kyiv. we can now speak to oona hathaway who s a professor of international law at yale law school. thank you forjoining us. is it normalfor war thank you forjoining us. is it normal for war crime hearings to take place while the war and the country is still being invaded. the country is still being invaded- invaded. this is pretty extraordinary. - invaded. this is pretty extraordinary. we - invaded. this is prettyl extraordinary. we have invaded. this is pretty - extraordinary. we have not really seen a case like this where we have war crime trials ....