Ukraine's frontline judges deliver justice under fire


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  • Tuesday, 19 Dec 2023

FILE PHOTO: Men pile up wood for homes that are left without heating outside a courthouse that was destroyed by an airstrike, in the frontline town of Lyman, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, December 14, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

DONETSK REGION, Ukraine (Reuters) - Olha Konoplenko's eastern Ukrainian city is occupied by Russian forces, but that hasn't stopped her from trying to uphold the law remotely as a judge.

Residents who fled Bakhmut, captured last May after months of fierce fighting, still rely on her and other exiled colleagues for key rulings.

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