Kharkiv Mayor Hennadiy Kernes was flown to Germany yesterday after pneumonia from coronavirus aggravated existing conditions

Kharkiv Mayor Hennadiy Kernes was flown to Germany yesterday after pneumonia from coronavirus aggravated existing conditions stemming from the 2014 attack on his life. Mayor of Ukraine’s second largest city for the last decade, Kernes was expected to be reelected in the Oct. 25 local elections. Other prominent Ukrainians hospitalized this summer for coronavirus include: Ruslan Khomchak, armed forces commander-in-chief; Yulia Tymoshenko, leader of the populist Fatherland Party; and First Lady Olena Zelenska.