In Ukraine, the state prosecution requested a life sentence for the Russian soldier Vadim Shishimarin for the murder of an unarmed resident, the Current Time TV channel reports..

According to the investigation, on February 28, 2022, Sergeant Shishimarin shot a 62-year-old man in the head while he was riding a bicycle and talking on the phone.. It happened in the village of Chupahovka, Sumy region.

Vadim Shishimarin testified at the trial and explained why he shot an unarmed man. " Ensign Makeev ordered to shoot. I refused. Then another soldier in a threatening tone ordered me to shoot, arguing that he would hand us over.. I fired a short burst,"

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The process takes place in open mode in the Solomensky Court of Kyiv. On May 19, the victim in the case, the widow of the murdered Katerina Shelipova, spoke. She said that she was at home that day (her husband died not far from home) and heard the shots, and when she went out into the yard and went to the gate, she saw Shishimarin with a machine gun in the car.

" When the shooting ended, I went outside and saw my husband. He's already been shot in the head. I started screaming. scream loudly. The neighbors came. We covered it with cloth"

The victim said she would like for a 21-year Russian military life sentence. "

In addition to Shishimarin himself, Ivan Maltisov, an ordinary soldier who fought and surrendered along with the accused, was interrogated in court.. Maltisov was in the same car and witnessed what was happening.

Vadim Shishimarin - squad leader of the 4th Panzer Kantemirovskaya Division of the Moscow Region. He is accused of violating the laws and customs of war, combined with premeditated murder..

The column, in which Sergeant Shishimarin was, was destroyed by our Armed Forces. While running away, he and 4 other colleagues fired at a private car from machine guns and took possession of it..

After that, on a stolen car with wheels punched by them, the invaders drove into the village. On the way, they saw a man who was returning home and talking on the phone. One of the military ordered the sergeant to kill a civilian so that he would not report them to the Ukrainian defenders.

He fired several aimed shots through the open window of a car from a Kalashnikov assault rifle into the head of a 62-year-old victim.. The man died at the scene just a few tens of meters from his home.

According to the Criminal Code of Ukraine, the accused faces from 10 years in prison to life. This is the first trial of its kind since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022..