Ukraine mayor in critical condition after he was shot in the back
April 29, 2014 00:30
In a sign of the deepening destabilization of eastern Ukraine, the popular mayor of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city, was shot in the back on Monday, authorities said.
Mayor Gennady Kernes was in critical condition after undergoing surgery at a local clinic, said Dr. Valery Boiko, who performed the two-hour operation.