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Royal Marines head brands soldier a war criminal for killing wounded Taliban gunman

Sgt Alexander Blackman's actions were labelled as 'shocking and appalling' after he killed a wounded Taliban gunman during a trip to Afghanistan. Lt Gen Rob Magowan said it was 'a war crime'

Daily Mirror

Ex-UK army comrade of Brit sentenced to death brands 'disgraceful' judgement a war crime

Aiden Aslin, 28, and British Army veteran Shaun Pinner, 48, have been sentenced to death and could face a firing squad after a sham trial in pro-Russian Donetsk

Daily Mirror

Trudy Rubin: Putin’s new war crime: Starving world’s poor by blocking Ukraine’s grain exports

You may think you’ve seen every horror in Russia’s kit of war crimes against Ukraine (short of weapons of mass destruction).

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Exhuming Ukraine’s dead for war crimes investigations

As Kyiv district authorities investigate possible war crimes perpetrated by Russian troops, volunteers exhume bodies.

Al Jazeera

Exclusive-Ukraine investigates deportation of children to Russia as possible genocide

Prosecutors investigating war crimes cases in Ukraine are examining allegations of the forcible deportation of children to Russia since the invasion as they seek to build a genocide indictment, the country’s top prosecutor said in an interview.

Reuters

US to give Ukraine new advanced rocket systems as Russia makes further gains in Sievierodonetsk

US President Joe Biden agrees to provide Ukraine with advanced rocket systems that can strike with precision at long-range Russian targets as part of a new weapons package.

ABC News

Ukraine identifies 600 Russian war crime suspects: Prosecutor

Kyiv’s top prosecutor says Ukraine has started prosecuting dozens of Russian war crime suspects.

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Ukraine has identified 600 Russian war crime suspects - prosecutor

Ukraine has identified more than 600 Russian war crime suspects and has started prosecuting around 80 of them, Kyiv's top prosecutor said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Three Russians face Ukrainian war crimes court as Russia takes Mariupol after weeks of fighting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 2,275 missiles and 3,000 aerial strikes against Ukraine since the start of the war as the first soldiers from the invading army face court and the demolished port city of Mariupol finally falls.

ABC News

Two Russian soldiers plead guilty in new war crimes trial as Russia calls supplying Ukraine arms 'unacceptable escalation'

As Russians warn supplying arms to Ukraine could lead to an "unacceptable escalation", two captured Russian soldiers plead guilty to shelling a town in eastern Ukraine.

ABC News

Ukraine destruction: how the Guardian documented Russia’s use of illegal weapons

Cluster bombs, fléchettes and unguided missiles on residential areas: as prosecutors investigate alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, our reporters reveal the evidence they discovered on the ground

The Guardian - UK

War crimes trial of Russian soldier was perfectly legal – but that doesn't make it wise

The war crimes trial of a Russian soldier in Ukraine – which concluded on May 23, 2022 with a conviction and life sentence for the defendant – was permissible under international law. And with the eyes of the world on them, Ukrainian authorities would have wanted the proceedings to be…

The Conversation

Russian soldier given life prison sentence for war crimes in Ukraine conflict

Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to killing a civilian on May 18

Chronicle Live

Russian soldier sentenced to life in prison in 1st war crimes trial since Ukraine invasion

He was found guilty last week of killing an unarmed 62-year-old Ukrainian.

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Wales Online

Russian soldier, 21, jailed for life for war crime in Ukraine

Vadim Shishimarin fired at a civilian at the start of the conflict

The Independent UK

Deliberations start in Russian soldier's war crimes trial

The lawyer for a Russian soldier who is the first to go on trial for an alleged war crime in Ukraine has asked a Kyiv court to acquit his client

ABC News

Russian soldier asks widow of victim for forgiveness in Ukraine war crimes trial

During the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a 21-year-old Russian soldier asks a Ukrainian widow to forgive him for killing her husband.

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Backs Nordic NATO Bids, Ukraine Tries Russian for War Crime

US President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Finland and Sweden on Thursday to discuss their NATO membership bids, while Ukraine said no military option was left to rescue the soldiers still inside a steel plant besieged by Russian forces. Moscow's troops have been accused of widespread atrocities against…

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Russian soldier ‘totally’ guilty of war crime

A Russian soldier agrees he is "totally" guilty of murdering an unarmed Ukrainian. Ukraine has so far identified more than 10,000 possible war crimes.

WEKU

In a war crimes trial, a Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian

Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is facing the first war crimes trial since Russia invaded Ukraine. The Russian soldier could get life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old unarmed civilian in the head.

Al Jazeera

UN experts say mass eviction of Palestinians a possible war crime

UN experts alarmed by Israel High Court’s ruling on Masafer Yatta and the risk of forcible transfer of Palestinians.

Wales Online

Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin pleads guilty to killing unarmed civilian in first Ukraine war crimes trial

Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin faces life in prison

Evening Standard

Russian soldier pleads guilty in first war crimes trial of Ukraine conflict

Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin could get life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in the northeastern Sumy region

The Independent UK

Russian soldier pleads guilty at Ukraine war crimes trial

A 21-year-old Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since Moscow invaded Ukraine has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian

Axios

Russian soldier pleads guilty to killing unarmed civilian during war crimes trial

It is believed to be the first war crimes trial since the start of Russia's invasion in February.

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