A Russian soldier was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting four of his fellow soldiers, the independent news website Mediazona reported Monday, citing the press service of the military court that bied far the sentence.A court in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don discovered Corporal Nikita Posmetukhov guilty of murder and violence against military authorities during an armed conflict.The trial was held behind closed doors, and the court did not divulge case materials, according to Mediazona.
However, reporters said they believe Posmetukhov was convicted over a previously unreported deadly incident on Nov.
28, 2023.
Posmetukhov apparently went on an inebriated rampage after his captain filed a disciplinary action versus him and threatened to send him to an assault unit.Two privates detained Posmetukhov, according to a report by Colonel General Mikhail Teplinsky, who had been designated leader of Russias Dnipro grouping of forces a month previously.
The motive for the killings was not disclosed.Mediazona said it separately validated the identities of the 4 soldiers eliminated asJunior Sergeant Vladimir Glazyev, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Klyukin, Captain Mikhail Trubin and Private Vladimir Petrichenko