US EditionUkraine war crime trial: A Russian soldier takes the stand for an execution
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Dmitriy Kurashov is suspected of killing a Ukrainian soldier who was surrendering, an action considered a war crime
The war in Ukraine has witnessed countless tragedies and crimes, but so far no Russian soldier has physically appeared before a Ukrainian court accused of executing a prisoner of war. Dmitry Kurashov, an ex-convict recruited by the Kremlin to fight in exchange for his freedom, has become the first Russian military to be tried in Ukraine for the summary execution of a surrendered enemy soldier, in what constitutes a judicial and political landmar…
The first trial of its kind: A Russian soldier takes the stand for an execution
On the frozen frontline in the east of Zaporizhzhia, a Ukrainian soldier surveyed the fallout from a Russian assault. It was the middle of January 2024 and the ground was covered in ice. Two weeks earlier, an 18-strong Russian assault team had broken through the line and seized three positions, killing five Ukrainians and losing 10 Russians before ceding the thin stretch of land back to the Ukrainians just hours later. The three positions that h…
Dmitri Kurashov, with the indication ‘Stalker’, is judged for the execution of Vitali Hodniuk’s war camp, a 41-year-old Ukrainian soldier known under the indication ‘Pinginulu’.
Dmitry Kurashov is the first Russian soldier to be tried in Ukraine for a battlefield execution. He is accused of the death of Vitali Hodniuk, a veteran Ukrainian soldier alias Penguin.
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