Funeral of Kernes starts in Kharkiv 2 min read
The farewell ceremony for mayor Hennadiy Kernes has begun in the foyer of the Kharkiv Opera and Ballet Theatre.
As the Interfax-Ukraine agency correspondent reports, mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko, MPs Yevhen Murayev and Vadym Novynsky, as well as former mayor and ex-head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, MP of previous convocations Mykhailol Dobkin came to say goodbye to Kernes. The ceremony is also attended by a businessman and friend of Kernes Pavlo Fuks and the secretary of the Kharkiv City Council.
In front of the opera house there is a line of the city residents who have come to say goodbye to Kernes. It stretches to Shevchenko s garden. People stand close to each other, several people in a row, but most are wearing masks.