From the courtroom to the front line

When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ivan Mishchenko left his post as a 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. Listen to Alison's conversation with Judge Mishchenko from June 2023.