INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A military court in southern Russia's Rostov-on-Don on Wednesday sentenced a Ukrainian soldier to 19 years in prison for allegedly
shooting a civilian he suspected of being a Russian infiltrator in Mariupol last March.Russia's Southern District Military Court said
Anton Cherednik stopped a pair of civilians while on patrol in the southern port city of Mariupol, telling them to lie on the ground and
and committing a "terrorist act."In interrogations, Cherednik acknowledged shooting the civilian but said it was because he had flinched, as
Ukrainian serviceman pled guilty to murder but rejected the other charges against him.His court-appointed lawyer said he would appeal the
Russia.Cherednik will spend three years in prison before being transferred to a maximum-security penal colony, where he will serve the
remaining 16 years of his sentence.He is currently located in a pre-trial detention center in the southern Rostov region, where he has been
