 A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison today for killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial arising from Russia's February 24 invasion, Vadim Shishmarin, a 21-year-old tank commander, had pleaded guilty to killing 62-year-old Alexander Shalipov in the north-eastern Ukrainian village of Shupakivka on February 28 after being ordered to shoot him. George Sehir Agafanov said Shishmarin carrying out a criminal order by a soldier of a higher rank had fired several shots at the victim's head from an automatic weapon. The Kremlin did not immediately comment on the verdict. It had previously said that it has no information about the trial and that the absence of a diplomatic mission in Ukrainian limits its ability to provide assistance.