Ukraine plans war crimes trial for captured Russian soldier

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Ukraine’s top prosecutor has disclosed plans for the first war crimes trial of a captured Russian soldier, as fighting raged in the east and south and the Kremlin entertained the possibility of annexing a corner of the country.

Prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova said her office had charged Sergeant Vadin Shyshimarin, 21, with the killing of an unarmed 62-year-old civilian who was shot while riding a bicycle in February, four days into the war.