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Russian soldiers 'held babies hostage and executed a boy on playground' report claims

The Human Rights Watch has uncovered a string of accusations of shocking war crimes said to have been carried out by Russian soldiers on Ukrainian civilians as the invasion began

Daily Mirror

West must put senior Russian figures on trial for war crimes, says ambassador

His comments come as the first Russian soldier accused of war crimes has been put on trial

Evening Standard

Moscow says hundreds of Ukrainian troops in custody as war crimes trials continue

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia said Thursday that more than 1,700 Ukrainian fighters had surrendered at a steel plant in the conquered city of Mariupol, even as Ukraine claimed battlefield gains elsewhere, continued its first war crimes trial against a Russian soldier and prepared to launch a second.

Los Angeles Times

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Russian soldier on trial asks victim's widow to forgive him

A Russian soldier facing the first war crimes trial since the start of the war in Ukraine has testified that he shot a civilian on orders from two officers

The Independent UK

Putin could be charged with the crime of aggression for the Ukraine war – but it's an expensive process with high stakes

A 21-year-old Russian soldier pleaded guilty in a trial in Kyiv on May 18, 2022, for shooting a Ukrainian man in the head after Russia invaded Ukraine in late February 2022.

The Conversation

Ukraine prosecutor seeks life sentence for Russian soldier in war crimes trial

A Ukrainian state prosecutor asked a court on Thursday to sentence a Russian soldier to life in prison for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's Feb. 24 invasion.

Reuters

‘Freudian slip’: Bush decries ‘invasion of Iraq’ – not Ukraine

Former US President George W Bush appears to admit 2003 invasion of Iraq was ‘wholly unjustified, brutal’ in speech.

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Courtroom drama: Ukrainian widow confronts Russian who shot her husband

The widow asked the Russian soldier what he felt when he killed her husband. "Fear," he said. "I understand you probably won't be able to forgive me. But I ask for your forgiveness."

WEKU

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russian soldier pleads guilty to war crime as conflict in Ukraine enters new phase

LVIV, Ukraine — As the first Russian soldier to be tried for war crimes pleaded guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian, fears grew Wednesday over the fate of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered at the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol a day earlier.

Los Angeles Times

Russian soldier pleads guilty to war crime; Mariupol fighters’ fate uncertain

Los Angeles Times

Fears for nearly 1,000 troops who have left Azovstal steelworks

Ukraine calls for prisoner swap but Russia has threatened to put some on trial for war crimes

Evening Standard

HRW documents ‘apparent war crimes’ by Russian forces in Ukraine

Leading US-based rights group says Russian forces had subjected civilians to summary executions, torture in two regions.

Al Jazeera

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.

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Daily Mirror

Russian soldiers 'encouraged Ukrainian cancer patient to hang himself' new report claims

A new report from Human Rights Watch features a catalogue of "abhorrent, unlawful, and cruel" war crimes committed by Vladimir Putin's forces since the invasion began in February

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.

Reuters

Second Rwandan genocide fugitive confirmed dead

One of the last remaining fugitives sought by a U.N. tribunal over his alleged key role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide was confirmed dead and the case against him closed, U.N. war crimes prosecutor Serge Brammertz said in a statement on Wednesday.

Reuters

Human Rights Watch documents 'apparent war crimes' by Russia in Ukraine

A leading human rights watchdog said on Wednesday it had documented further cases of "apparent war crimes" by Russian troops in two regions in Ukraine.

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The Independent UK

Ukrainian soldiers leaving Mariupol could be tried for war crimes, claims Russia

Ukraine said it hopes for a prisoner swap but Russia has said some soldiers could be investigated for war crimes

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

Daily Record

First Russian soldier standing trial for war crimes in Ukraine pleads guilty to murdering civilian

Russian tank commander Vadim Shishimarin, 21, has pleaded guilty to murdering a civilian, aged 62, in the Ukrainian village of Chupakhivka.

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

The Guardian - UK

Russian soldier pleads guilty in first Ukraine war crimes trial since invasion

Tank commander Vadim Shysimarin, 21, admits shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian who was on a bicycle

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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