Ukraine extradites captured Russian soldier for war crimes trial

"For the first time since the start of full-scale aggression, Ukraine has handed over a Russian serviceman to a foreign state, Lithuania, for real criminal prosecution for war crimes," Ukraine's prose.....

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Ukraine has extradited a captured Russian soldier to Lithuania for a war crimes trial, marking a "historic" first since the full-scale aggression began. The soldier, involved in alleged torture, faces potential life imprisonment in the Baltic state.

The extradition is the first of a Russian serviceman by Ukraine to a foreign state for war crimes prosecution.
The extradited individual is a sailor who served in the Russian military police, captured in the Zaporizhzhia region.
He is accused of illegal detention, torture, and inhumane treatment, with methods described as imprisoning victims in a metal safe, suffocating them, and using electric shocks; one victim was a Lithuanian citizen.

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