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‘We can show these crimes to the world’: Ukraine’s chief prosecutor on her country’s quest for justice

Ukraine’s chief prosecutor on her country’s quest for justice

18 June 2022

9:00 AM

18 June 2022

9:00 AM

Last month, Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old Russian soldier, was jailed for life. His sentence marked the first successful war-crimes prosecution since the conflict in Ukraine began.

On the fourth day of the invasion, after coming under fire, Shishimarin and four other soldiers hijacked a car and drove around looking for other units to join.

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