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Convicted War Criminal

Russian soldier jailed for life.

Russian soldier jailed for life. The tank commander has been convicted for killing a civilian at the first war crimes trial since the invasion. The 大象传媒 World Service鈥檚 Svyatoslav Khomenko has been in court in Kyiv every day of the trial and brings us up to date on the sentencing.

Vitaly discusses the heavy shelling in the Luhansk region with the Governor of Luhansk, Serhiy Gaidai.

And Victoria and Vitaly talk about nuclear safety with Petro Kotin, who is in charge of all five of Ukraine鈥檚 nuclear power plants including one in Zaporizhzhia, occupied by Russian troops.

Today鈥檚 Ukrainecast was made by Daniel Wittenberg with Phil Marzouk, Chris Flynn and Clare Williamson. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.

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