Zelensky appointed one of the perpetrators of the “Maidan cases” Kytsyuk as a judge of the Pechersk court of Kyiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed Viktor Kytsyuk as a judge of the Pecherskyi District Court of Kyiv on September 25. Kytsyuk was previously known for his decisions regarding the participants of the “Automaidan” in 2014 and was involved in a case of knowingly unjust decisions.

This is stated in Decree No. 958/2026 .

Kytsyuk has worked as a judge of the Pechersk Court since 2012, and his 5-year term ended in 2014. In 2015, he was informed of suspicion of making knowingly unjust decisions regarding participants in the “Automaidan”.

Roman Maselko, a lawyer and advocate for the NGO “Automaidan”, said that Kytsyuk and Judge Oksana Tsarevych were among the most famous judges of the Maidan. According to him, they were dismissed in 2016-2017, but later the Supreme Court reinstated them.

Kytsyuk appealed the decisions of the judicial governance bodies. In 2019, the Supreme Court overturned the decision of the High Council of Justice to refuse to submit a proposal regarding his appointment, and in 2020, the High Council of Justice resubmitted a corresponding proposal to the president.

Maselko noted that the final assessment of Kytsyuk’s suitability for the position should be provided by the High Qualification Commission of Judges. He also criticized the long-standing absence of such an assessment.

“The appointment of a judge whose dismissal was a marker of the reality of positive changes in the courts does not bode well for the society that expects them, for the courts, or for the state as a whole,” Maselko noted.

Viktor Kytsyuk has worked as a judge of the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv since 2012. During the Revolution of Dignity, he considered the cases of participants in the “Automaidan”, in particular, he deprived Serhiy Poyarkov of his driving license for 6 months for a trip to Mezhyhirya.

In 2015, Kytsyuk was reported on suspicion of making knowingly unjust decisions regarding the participants of the “Automaidan”. He was also involved in criminal proceedings No. 761/1651/16-k, but after the Constitutional Court’s decision on the unconstitutionality of criminal liability for knowingly unjust decisions, the prospects of this case changed.

Separate questions also arose regarding the distribution of “Automaidan” cases in the Pechersk court. According to materials cited by the Prosud publication, the expert examination established interference in the automated case distribution system, as a result of which, in particular, Kytsiuk and Oksana Tsarevych remained among the judges.

In 2017, the High Council of Justice refused to submit a proposal to appoint Kytsiuk as a judge for an indefinite term. After that, he appealed the decision of the Supreme Court, and in 2019 the Supreme Court overturned it and ordered the Supreme Court to reconsider the issue.

Public activists paid special attention to the declarations of Kytsyuk and his family. The materials discussed the judge’s family’s use of real estate in Kyiv and Kyiv region, as well as the cars declared by Kytsyuk himself and his family members.

In addition, activists drew attention to his family ties with judges. Kytsyuk’s ex-wife, Viktoria Zhovnovatyuk, works as a judge in the Solomianskyi District Court of Kyiv, and Kristina Konstantinova, whom Kytsyuk listed in his declarations as his common-law wife, is a judge in the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv.

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