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STORY: A Ukrainian courtroom held a preliminary listening to within the first warfare crimes trial arising from the Russian invasion on Friday (Could 13).Captured Russian soldier, 21-year-old Vadim Shishimarin, has been charged with the homicide of a 62-year-old civilian, in a case that holds large symbolic significance for Ukraine. The tank commander faces as much as life imprisonment over the killing in a northeastern Ukrainian village on February 28 – 4 days after Russia's invasion of Ukraine started. Shishimarin was led into the courtroom by police to a glass sales space for defendants.He spoke to substantiate his identify, and that he was a Russian serviceman.His lawyer stated he'll inform the courtroom at a later date whether or not or not he denies the cost.Chatting with reporters after the listening to, state prosecutor Andriy Synyuk: “That is the primary case at present. However quickly there might be plenty of these circumstances.”The prosecutor basic's workplace stated in a press release that the soldier stole a automotive to flee with 4 different Russian servicemen after their column was focused by Ukrainian forces.The Russians then allegedly drove into the village of Chupakhivka, the place they noticed an unarmed resident driving a bicycle and speaking on the cellphone.It claims the suspect was ordered to kill the civilian to forestall him revealing the Russians' presence, and fired a number of photographs by the open window of the automotive on the civilian's head. The person died on the spot.The assertion didn't say how he was captured, nor elaborate on proof that led to the costs.The SBU Safety Service of Ukraine carried out the investigation into the case, it stated.Shishimarin and his authorized group couldn't be reached for remark forward of the listening to. Kyiv has accused Russia of atrocities and brutality towards civilians in the course of the invasion.It claims to have recognized greater than 10,000 attainable warfare crimes. Russia denies focusing on civilians, and says Kyiv has staged warfare crimes to smear its forces. The Kremlin instructed reporters on Friday that it had no details about a trial.Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “particular operation” to disarm the nation and shield it from fascists. Kyiv and its Western backers say that could be a false pretext for an unprovoked warfare of aggression.The courtroom is about to reconvene on Could 18.