The baby-faced Russian tank commander who murdered an innocent grandfather in Ukraine smirked in the dock yesterday as it emerged he could be sent home in a prisoner swap.
Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, hung his head and begged for ‘forgiveness’ when he was cross-examined by the widow of Oleksandr Shelypov, 62, whom he shot in the head with an AK-47 assault rifle on the fifth day of Russia‘s invasion.
But the dead-eyed killer grinned after prosecutors revealed that two of his comrades – who had been due to give evidence against him – had been sent back to Russia in a prisoner swap.
Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin, 21, a former tank sergeant in the Russian army, is facing life in jail after admitting war crimes charges on Wednesday
The dead-eyed killer grinned after prosecutors revealed that two of his comrades – who had been due to give evidence against him – had been sent back to Russia in a prisoner swap
