Ukrainian conductor Yury Kerpatenko was killed by Russian soldiers “in his own house” In the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, which has been occupied since the beginning of the conflict, the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine announced on Saturday.
this “brutal murder“, disclosed by the mass media on Friday, was carried out “Kerpatenko’s refusal to cooperate with the occupiers“, the press release of the ministry added. Since 2000, he has worked at the Kherson Regional Philharmonic, and in 2004 he became the conductor of the Mykola Kulich Musical and Drama Theater of this city, reports the same source. “Yuri Kerpatenko openly stated his positions and refused to leave occupied Kherson– continued the Ministry of Culture.
“The media reports that the occupiers and their sympathizers from the Philharmonic Orchestra were planning a festive concert in Kherson on the occasion of the International Music Day, October 1.“, according to this source. Russians”wanted this concert to be a demonstration of the so-called “restoration of peaceful life” in Kherson. However, the conductor of the orchestra, Yuri Kerpatenko, categorically refused to cooperate with the occupiers.“, the ministry explained.
Russia announced on Thursday that it would organize the evacuation of the population of the Kherson region to its territory, saying it was responding to a request by local occupation authorities that threatened the progress of a Ukrainian army counteroffensive.
Source: Le Figaro
