A Ukrainian court has reduced the sentence for the first convicted Russian war criminal on appeal. Vadim Shishimarin has been sentenced to 15 years in prison, the Kiev court said Friday. In May, judges sentenced the then 21-year-old to life in prison.
The young man admitted to shooting an unarmed 62-year-old man on a bicycle.
He stressed that he was acting under pressure from another soldier. The two were on their way back to Russian territory in a stolen car.
It was the first verdict in a war crimes trial after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. S.’s lawyer had appealed because he believed that the verdict had been influenced by social pressure.
Source: Krone
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