US EditionUkraine jails Russian soldier for life for killing POW in first such ruling
Dmitry Kurashov received life imprisonment for killing Vitalii Hodniuk, a surrendered Ukrainian POW, amid over 150 recorded POW executions since 2022, Ukraine's intelligence said.
- A Ukrainian court has sentenced a 27-year-old Russian soldier named Dmitry Kurashov to life imprisonment for killing a surrendered Ukrainian prisoner of war, Vitalii Hodniuk, in a first such ruling.
- Kurashov initially pleaded guilty but later retracted, claiming a Russian medic, who later died, had fired the fatal shots, but his version was refuted by members of his own unit.
- Kurashov said he had joined the Russian assault unit in exchange for early release from prison, as part of Russia's known practice of recruiting prisoners to fight in Ukraine.
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Ukraine Gives Russian Soldier Life for Executing POW
A Ukrainian court has handed a life sentence to Russian soldier Dmitriy Kurashov for the execution-style killing of a prisoner of war, marking the first conviction of its kind since the conflict began. Kurashov, 27, was found guilty in Zaporizhzhia of shooting a surrendered, unarmed Ukrainian soldier during a January...
In Ukraine, for the first time, a Russian soldier has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of a Ukrainian prisoner of war.
Russian soldier jailed for life after being found guilty of shooting dead Ukrainian PoW, in unprecedented ruling
A Ukrainian court has found a Russian soldier guilty of killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war in a January 2024 incident and sentenced him to life in prison, in the first ruling of its kind.
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