Russian serviceman pleads guilty to killing civilian in Ukraine

A Russian soldier on trial for war crimes in Ukraine has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian, Report informs, citing BBC.

Vadim Shishimarin, 21, is accused of gunning down a 62-year-old man in the days after the invasion began. He could face life in prison.

Moscow has denied its troops have targeted civilians.

The trial is the first case of its kind since Russia's invasion in February.

It took place in Kyiv, Ukraine, with an interpreter translating the proceedings into Russian for the defendant.

He is accused of killing the civilian, who was allegedly on a bicycle, near the village of Chupakhivka in the eastern Sumy region on 28 February, four days into Russia's invasion of Ukraine.