Live: First war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine set to begin in Kyiv
The first war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, against a Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed civilian, is set to get underway in Kyiv later today. The trial could be the first of many.
At the same time, the fall of Mariupol finally appears to be at hand, with Ukraine moving to abandon the sprawling steel plant where its soldiers have held out under relentless bombardment for the past few months.
Read our live coverage below for more of the key events as they developed throughout Wednesday.
Ukrainian guerrilla fighters reportedly have killed several high-ranking Russian officers in the southern city of Melitopol, the regional administration said on Telegram on Tuesday evening.
Russian forces have occupied the city since early in the war.
According to the regional administration, the occupiers are trying to conceal the situation but Russian troops were more actively checking private cars in the city Tuesday, most likely looking for the guerrillas.
No details of the killings were given and the report could not immediately be confirmed.
Throughout the war, the Ukrainians have claimed to have killed many Russian generals and other officers. A few of the deaths have been confirmed by the Russians.
(AP)
The first war crimes trial since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, against a Russian soldier accused of killing an unarmed civilian, gets underway in Kyiv on Wednesday.
The trial, expected to be followed by several others, will test the Ukrainian justice system at a time when international institutions are also conducting their own investigations into abuses committed by Russian forces.
Vadim Shishimarin, 21, will appear at Kyiv's Solomyansky district court from 2:00pm (1200 CET) over the death of a 62-year-old man in
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