From the courtroom to the front line

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ivan Mishchenko left his job as Supreme Court Judge of the Commercial Cassation Court in Kiev.

Then 42 years-old, the devoted family man got his wife and children to safety before exchanging his judicial robes for camouflage and joining the infantry.

(Photo of Judge Mischenko in combat fatigues and walking away from a blown-up tank is courtesy of Ivan Mishchenko.)