28 of April. The press service of the Kharkov administration said that the state of Gennady Kernes (mayor of Kharkiv), in which an attempt was made, heavy, but stable.
Kernes underwent surgery recently and is now in a Kharkiv hospital. Meshchaninova in serious condition. To work with it the best connected anesthesiologists and intensive care specialists of the hospital.
Earlier Valery Boyko (Director of the Kharkiv Institute of General and urgent surgery) reported that Kernes seriously wounded, at his damaged chest, extraperitoneal space and abdominal cavity. Boyko said that the state of the mayor heavy, on the verge of very heavy. The mayor is anesthetized, connected to the ventilator.
Recall that the attempt on the mayor of Kharkiv was made on Monday at about 13:00 Moscow time. At this time, Gennady Kernes made Cycling on the Belgorod highway. In the assassination attempt, the mayor received a gunshot wound in the back. Investigators reported that on the site of the assassination of the mayor was found casings. Presumably this shell casing from a sniper rifle. Former Governor of Kharkiv region, and nowadays the candidate in presidents of Ukraine Mykhailo Dobkin said that the crime scene found an unexploded grenade – this information has been officially confirmed yet.
Law enforcement agencies upon attempt criminal case. Oleksandr Turchynov (acting President of Ukraine) instructed the security Service and the Ministry of internal Affairs of Ukraine "to immediately start the investigation of the assassination of the mayor and report the results".
