21-year-old Vadim Shishimarin was sentenced to life in prison for shooting dead a 62-year-old civilian man in the Sumy region on 28 February.
He is the first to be convicted of war crimes since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began.
What are the reactions in Russia to this war crime verdict?
- Not so many so far, but in principle that the verdict is unfair.
That this was a soldier who was possibly ordered to shoot this unarmed 62-year-old, and that you are happy to see that this is appealed and that the soldier receives a lower sentence, Sundström says in Aktuellt.
He emphasizes that this is part of an ongoing information war.
- Russia constantly wants to emphasize that they do nothing military or illegal in Ukraine.
This is something that Russia will react strongly to in the future.
Then there is the fact that Russia also wants to bring Ukrainian soldiers to justice, and we will see how that goes.