Russian Soldiers Receive Life Sentences for Ukrainian Family Massacre

A Russian military court sentenced two soldiers, Anton Sopov and Stanislav Rau, to life imprisonment for murdering a family of nine in occupied Ukraine's Donetsk region. The soldiers were convicted of breaking into the Kapkanets family's home in Volnovakha and killing them, marking a rare acknowledgment by Russia of crimes committed by its forces in Ukraine. The trial was held in secrecy, and the soldiers plan to appeal the ruling. Conflicting reports suggest motives ranging from a domestic dispute to refusal to vacate the home.