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Competition for the Odesa Court of Appeal: One Candidate Failed to Confirm the Ability to Administer Justice, While Another is Awaiting an Interview with the Plenary Session of the Commission

18.12.2025

On December 16, 2025, at the session of the High Qualification Commission of Judges of Ukraine, interviews were conducted and the results of the qualification assessment of four candidates for the positions of judges in the Odesa Court of Appeal were determined.

Based on the results of the qualification assessment, the Commission took the following decisions:

Name of the judge

Number of points

Result

Petro Kravchenko

729,37

Submit to the Commission in plenary session the issue of confirming the ability to administer justice in the general court of appeal

Denys Blonskyi

671,5

Failed to confirm the ability to administer justice in the general court of appeal

Petro Zhovtan

 

A break in the consideration of the issue has been announced

Hryhorii Shabratskyi

 

A break in the consideration of the issue has been announced

 

Please be reminded that 50 candidates submitted applications to participate in the competition for 23 vacant positions of judges in the Odesa Court of Appeal.

In total, interviews were conducted with 11 candidates: 1 candidate confirmed her ability to administer justice, 5 candidates failed to confirm it, and interviews with 5 candidates will be held in the plenary session of the Commission. One candidate withdrew from the competition.