The mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city was shot in the back April 28 as tensions escalate in eastern Ukraine with pro-Russia separatists seizing another government building and the West preparing fresh sanctions on Russia. Hennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv, was shot April 28 morning and was in surgery "fighting for his life," according to city officials. It is not yet clear who was behind the shooting but Kernes was an opponent of the pro-West protests in the capital of Kiev that ousted pro-Moscow president Viktor Yanukovych in February.
USA Today: Eastern Ukraine mayor shot as crisis escalates
Hennady Kernes, the mayor of Kharkiv, was shot April 28 morning.
