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A lawyer (Viktor Ovsyannikov ) in a suit sits in the foreground. In the background are military personnel and a Vadim Shishimarin in the dock.

Ukraine: What it’s like to be lawyer for a Russian fighting your country

On July 29, the Kyiv Court of Appeal reduced to 15 years the sentence of the first Russian soldier tried for war crimes in Ukraine since February 24. Vadim Shishimarin had been sentenced In May to life imprisonment. We met with Viktor Ovsyannikov, the man who agreed to defend this emblematic case.

By Iryna Salii

Convicted of war crimes, Vadim Shishimarin waits in the dock of a court in Kiev (Ukraine)

First Ukraine war crime trial through the eyes of a local court reporter

Trial of Vadim Shishimarin in an ukrainian court

Vadim Shishimarin

Ukraine: What it’s like to be lawyer for a Russian fighting your country

First Ukraine war crime trial through the eyes of a local court reporter

Ukraine opens first war crime trial of a Russian soldier