The first Russian soldier tried for a war crime in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on Thursday May 19 “
asked forgiveness
” from the widow of the Ukrainian civilian killed, noted an AFP journalist during the hearing in a court. from Kyiv.
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"
I know you won't be able to forgive me, but I beg your pardon
," 21-year-old NCO Vadim Chichimarine said in an exchange with Katerina Chelipova, the widow of the 62-year-old man. admits killing in northeastern Ukraine on February 28.
