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Ukraine Begins First War Crimes Trial of Russian Soldier
BBC ^ | 5/13

Posted on 05/13/2022 4:29:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Ukraine has started its first war crimes trial since the beginning of Russia's invasion, with a 21-year-old soldier appearing in the dock accused of killing an unarmed civilian.

Vadim Shishimarin appeared at a preliminary hearing in Kyiv. He faces life in prison if convicted.

Ukraine says it has identified thousands of potential war crimes committed by Russia.

Russia has denied targeting civilians and made no comment on the trial.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: russia; ukraine; warcrimes

1 posted on 05/13/2022 4:29:55 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
LOL, oh this should be good.

Will it be on Court TV?

2 posted on 05/13/2022 4:33:44 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

You find russian invaders shooting unarmed civilians funny?


3 posted on 05/13/2022 4:40:40 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot
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To: nickcarraway

I hope Ukraine realizes that it’s a two-way street and some of their best Nazis will soon be facing Russian ‘justice’.


4 posted on 05/13/2022 4:41:52 PM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: lump in the melting pot

You find russian invaders shooting unarmed civilians funny?
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I find funny how many people are getting sucked in to western MSM propaganda. Didn’t you learn anything when Trump was in office? Fake news, fake media? Now, suddenly you drink down all the western fake news and propaganda?


5 posted on 05/13/2022 4:48:52 PM PDT by delta7
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To: BobL

What’s Russia going to do? Prosecute Ukrainian soldiers for killing Russian civilians?

Maybe the Russians will prosecute the women and children they abducted from Mariupol.


6 posted on 05/13/2022 4:49:36 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: nickcarraway

Impale that stinking humanoid.


7 posted on 05/13/2022 4:51:16 PM PDT by Grzegorz 246
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To: delta7

TASS is all the news a good tovarisch needs, da?


8 posted on 05/13/2022 4:53:47 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot
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To: DannyTN

“What’s Russia going to do? Prosecute Ukrainian soldiers for killing Russian civilians?”

No shortage of options for Russia. We’ll find out soon enough.


9 posted on 05/13/2022 4:57:01 PM PDT by BobL (Putin isn't sending gays into our schools to groom my children, but anti-Putin people are)
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To: nickcarraway

I look forward to the hanging.


10 posted on 05/13/2022 4:59:37 PM PDT by MercyFlush (The Soviet Empire is right now doing a dead cat bounce.)
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To: MercyFlush

The sentence he is facing is life in prison. They don’t have the death penalty. At least, not for his crime.


11 posted on 05/13/2022 5:08:53 PM PDT by lump in the melting pot
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To: MercyFlush

That’s what the democrats said during the impeachment


12 posted on 05/13/2022 5:11:23 PM PDT by scottinoc
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To: nickcarraway

They gonna prosecute the Ukrainians that killed 14,000 civilians in the Donbas?


13 posted on 05/13/2022 5:40:25 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: nickcarraway

A family of unarmed civilians was killed by a drone strike in Afghanistan to make Biden look tough. He should be in chains at the Hague. And of course no angelic Ukrainian soldier has ever killed an unarmed Russian speaking civilian. No way /s


14 posted on 05/13/2022 5:47:13 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: lump in the melting pot

Ukraine has been killing their own civilians for 8 years. Where’s the trials?


15 posted on 05/13/2022 5:51:32 PM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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To: nickcarraway

Hopefully this is the beginning of a very long line of Russian war criminals facing justice.


16 posted on 05/13/2022 7:48:35 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: Grzegorz 246

Twice, just to be sure.


17 posted on 05/13/2022 7:49:35 PM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: lump in the melting pot

Uh, no. Why do you feel the need to put words in people’s mouth?


18 posted on 05/14/2022 7:42:58 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

Then what are you laughing out loud about, if not the subject at hand? Which is war crimes committed by russian invaders in Ukraine.


19 posted on 05/14/2022 8:31:57 AM PDT by lump in the melting pot
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