“War crimes” is a nonsense concept in the first place. I guess if you have international treaties banning gas weapons or whatever, then okay, but saying a solider shot someone he wasn’t supposed to shoot is ridiculous.
Putting POWs on trial in the middle of a military conflict is just bizarre.
AP:
A Ukrainian court sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison Monday for killing a civilian, sealing the first conviction for war crimes since Moscow’s invasion three months ago.
Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty to shooting a 62-year-old man in the head in a village in the northeastern Sumy region in the early days of the war.
He testified that he shot Oleksandr Shelipov after being ordered to do so. He told the court that an officer insisted that Shelipov, who was speaking on his cellphone, could pinpoint their location to Ukrainian forces.
Ukrainian prosecutors are investigating thousands of potential war crimes, as the world has pushed for Russia to be held accountable for its invasion. Russian forces bombed a theater where civilians were sheltering and struck a maternity hospital. In the wake of Moscow’s withdrawal from towns around Kyiv weeks ago, mass graves were discovered and streets were strewn with bodies in towns such as Bucha.
Oh, come on. Bucha?
You see – this is what they do. They will basically admit something was a hoax after all the information comes out proving it is a hoax. Well, they won’t actually admit it outright, but they will tacitly admit it by dropping it out of the news cycle.
But then they’ll bring it back up in passing months later as if it was real, knowing that it is already foggy in people’s minds.
As far as this soldier “confessing” to a “war crime” – the Ukraine people are torturing randos, their own citizens, on the streets. So you think they wouldn’t torture a Russian soldier?
The Ukraine is a hardcore torture country. Therefore, no confession of anyone to anything can be considered valid.
You want to talk about international law – everyone knows that the Ukraine is a torture country; we have all seen the videos. This is a violation of international law, and it means that no country can honor the rulings of their court system.
Why would anyone plead guilty to a crime there is no evidence of if they are going to get sentenced to life in prison anyway? Unless they were being tortured?