Appeal and local courts will receive new judges: Volodymyr Zelensky signed a series of decrees
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on June 2 signed a series of decrees appointing 15 judges to appeal, local general, administrative, and commercial courts.
The relevant personnel decisions are formalized by decrees No. 454/2026–468/2026.
The largest number of appointments took place at the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court, where the judge positions were given to Tetyana Kononenko, Liliya Saltan, Lidiya Klymenko, Dmytro Sakoyan, Volodymyr Nikitin, and Dmytro Bredun.
Stanislav Chernopyatov, Oleksandr Suprun, Maksym Hurenko, and Andriy Stelmakh were appointed to the Chernihiv Appeal Court.
Additionally, the following were appointed:
Yuriy Hlomba – judge of the Rivne District Administrative Court;
Vita Levchuk – judge of the Kostopil District Court of Rivne region;
Tetyana Lavrenyuk – judge of the Eastern Commercial Appeal Court;
Artur Bielousov – judge of the Zhytomyr Appeal Court;
Bohdan Bazarnyk – judge of the Netishyn City Court of Khmelnytskyi region.
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №454/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint KONONENKO Tetyana Oleksandrivna as a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №455/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint SALTAN Liliya Hennadiyivna as a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №456/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint KLYMENKO Lidiya Volodymyrivna as a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №457/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, part one of article 128, and subparagraph 2 of paragraph 16¹ of section XV "Transitional Provisions" of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint HLOMBA Yuriy Oleksandrovych as a judge of the Rivne District Administrative Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №458/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint CHERNOPYATOV Stanislav Volodymyrovych as a judge of the Chernihiv Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №459/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint SUPRUN Oleksandr Petrovych as a judge of the Chernihiv Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №460/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint SAKOYAN Dmytro Ivanovych as a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №461/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint HURENKO Maksym Oleksandrovych as a judge of the Chernihiv Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №462/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, part one of article 128, and subparagraph 2 of paragraph 16¹ of section XV "Transitional Provisions" of the Constitution of Ukraine, first paragraph of point 3, points 3¹ and 40 of section XII "Final and Transitional Provisions" of the Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and Status of Judges," I decree:
- Appoint LEVCHUK Vita Vitaliivna as a judge of the Kostopil District Court of Rivne region.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №463/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint LAVRENYUK Tetyana Anatoliyivna as a judge of the Eastern Commercial Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №464/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint BIELOUSOV Artur Yevhenovych as a judge of the Zhytomyr Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №465/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, part one of article 128, and subparagraph 2 of paragraph 16¹ of section XV "Transitional Provisions" of the Constitution of Ukraine, first paragraph of point 3, points 3¹ and 40 of section XII "Final and Transitional Provisions" of the Law of Ukraine "On the Judiciary and Status of Judges," I decree:
- Appoint BAZARNYK Bohdan Ihorovych as a judge of the Netishyn City Court of Khmelnytskyi region.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №466/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint STELMAKH Andriy Petrovych as a judge of the Chernihiv Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №467/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint NIKITIN Volodymyr Volodymyrovych as a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
PRESIDENT OF UKRAINE DECREE №468/2026
On the appointment of a judge
According to part five of article 126, article 127, and parts one and two of article 128 of the Constitution of Ukraine, I decree:
- Appoint BREDUN Dmytro Serhiyovych as a judge of the Zaporizhzhia Appeal Court.
President of Ukraine V. ZELENSKYY
June 2, 2026
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