Coronavirus is cutting deeper into Ukraine’s political elite.

Coronavirus is cutting deeper into Ukraine’s political elite. The newly elected mayors of three cities – Boryspil, Konotop and Novgorod-Siversky — died from COVID-19 after the Oct. 25 local elections. Currently hospitalized or under treatment at home are: Health Minister Maksym Stepanov; Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Senkevych; Rada Speaker Dmytro Razumkov; former Rada speaker Andriy Parubiy; pro-Russia Rada member Vadym Rabinovich; and Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, Refat Chubarov. The Tatar leader wrote on Facebook Monday night: “Against my will, I became a member of COVID-19 club.”