Kharkov Mayor Gennady Kernes shot in the back on the Belgorodskoye Highway yesterday will be treated in Haifa, said Yuri Sidorenko, director of the department for information and PR of the Kharkov City Council, RIA Novosti reports.
Israeli doctors examined the mayor last night. He was taken to the airport at 2.30AM. He is currently in grave condition at the Elisha Hospital in Haifa.