The Mayor of Kiev Vitaly Klitschko during the farewell ceremony for the Mayor of Kharkov Gennady Kernes took a selfie with an unknown girl, writes UNIAN .
The publication suggested that a fan asked to take a photo of the mayor, but despite the inappropriateness of this, he could not refuse the girl. In addition, before the picture, Klitschko took off his medical mask when hundreds of citizens were present in the room. He himself has not yet commented on the incident.
Kernes’s funeral took place on December 23 in Kharkov. During an Orthodox service at the mayor’s grave, several unknown persons decided to launch fireworks, now they are looking for them police. In total, more than 110 thousand people came to the farewell ceremony with the mayor.
Kernes died at the age of 62 in the Berlin clinic “Charite “, where he received treatment after complications from the coronavirus. Three days of mourning was declared in the city. The mayor has not appeared in public since late August due to health problems. At the same time, he was re-elected mayor of Kharkov for the third time in the local elections held in Ukraine on October 25. In December, Kernes was diagnosed with coronavirus and bilateral pneumonia. Presumably, he contracted from his housekeeper.