Ukrainian mayor survived a sniper attack but succumbed to COVID
Mayor Gennady Kernes was treated in Israel after he was shot by a sniper in 2014.
Gennady Kernes, the pro-Russian mayor of Kharkiv, is seen in Kharkiv in this August 5, 2010 file photo. Kernes was in a serious condition on April 28, 2014 after being shot in the back while riding his bicycle, the latest violence in the country's east.(photo credit: REUTERS)ByCNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTAUpdated:
