A Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian pleaded guilty in court in Kiev today. The BBC’s Russia service and the Reuters agency informed about it. This is the first process since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A captured member of a 21-year-old tank unit, Vadim Shishimarin, is accused of killing a man in the first week of war in the first week of the war in the village of Chupachivka in the Sumy region in the northeast of the country. If the court finds him guilty, he faces life in prison.

“Yes,” according to the AFP news agency, a Russian soldier replied in court today when he asked if he pleaded guilty.

According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office, the natives of Irkutsk violated Shishimarin “Rules of war and customs”. In late February, he and four other Russian soldiers stole a car to escape what Ukrainian troops attacked their column, claims the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office.

According to him, they reached upachivka, where they saw an unarmed civilian leading a bicycle and made a call. The prosecutor’s office stated that Shishimarin was ordered by another soldier to kill a civilian so he would not inform the Ukrainian army of the Russian presence. Through the open car window then he fired several shots from an assault rifle, hitting a civilian in the head and the man died on the spot, the indictment said.

Western sanctions have a particular impact on the Russian economy, The country is facing a recession and high inflation. This was announced today by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who arrived in Bonn for a meeting of G7 finance ministers from the world’s major economies.

According to the European Commissioner for Transport Adina Valean, it is needed to export 20 million tonnes of grain from Ukraine, to prevent shortages in North Africa and Asia.

The Prague Archdiocese Charities are caring for refugees from war-torn Ukraine, who now live in the former Prague City Hall 12 building. The organization has been operating the facility at its own expense since Monday, following an agreement with the management of Prague’s twelfth district. The city building on Písková Street will be available to charities during the period of need to provide facilities for war refugees.

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The process, followed by many journalists, is a symbol of great importance for Ukraine, reports Reuters. Kyiv blames Russia for the atrocities and brutality against civilians during the invasion and says it has identified more than 10,000 potential war crimes. Moscow denies that it targets civilians or that Russia is involved in war crimes. He blamed Ukraine for their staging.