Ukrainian court sentences two Russian soldiers to 11-and-a-half years in prison for war crimes
On May 31, Reuters reported that AxoUkrainian court has sentenced 11 and a half years in prison to two other Russian soldiers charged with war crimes. from a shooting attack on a city in eastern Ukraine It was Ukraine's second war crimes verdict after Russia's February 24 war of invasion of Ukraine.
Alexander Bobikin and Alexander Ivanov, Russian soldiers accused in the case. Standing to hear the verdict in the courtroom stall. Kotelevska District Court in central Ukraine on Tuesday (May 31) after the two pleaded guilty last week.
"Bobigin and Ivanov's guilt has been proven," Judge Yevgen Bolybok said.
The prosecutor said Both defendants admitted last week that they belonged to an artillery unit that had fired on targets in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region from the Russian Belgorod region. The attack destroyed a school in Dergashi, Kharkiv region, but no one was killed.
Bobikin and Ivanov which was identified as the artillery driver and shooter. They were arrested after they crossed the border and continued to fire on targets in Ukraine. Ukrainian prosecutors have asked the court to sentence the two Russian soldiers to 12 years in prison, but defense lawyers have asked for a waiver. claiming that what the defendant had done was in compliance with the order and had already repented