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Russian soldier pleads guilty in Ukraine’s first war crimes trial | South China Morning Post

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A Russian soldier pleaded guilty on May 18, 2022, to killing a 62-year-old unarmed civilian during Moscow’s invasion and faces possible life imprisonment in Kyiv. It was Ukraine’s first war crimes trial since Moscow’s February 24 invasion.

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