Vira Levko News Today

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Vira Levko, a judge in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, typically handles dozens of administrative cases and several criminal hearings every day. Ukraine is desperately short of judges, and is kick-starting a long-delayed nationwide hiring spree to fill more than 2,000 vacancies and vet around as many sitting judges for potential malfeasance. The ambitious effort, undertaken during the country's war with Russia, is key to clearing a backlog of cases that has delayed justice for many Ukrainians...