Kyiv: Russian forces have killed the mayor of Gostomel, a town near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv that is home to a strategic airport, city authorities said on Monday.
“The head of Gostomel, Yuri Illich Prylypko, died while distributing bread to the hungry and medicine to the sick,R21; the city said on its Facebook page. Prylypko was shot dead along with two others, it said, without specifying when. “No-one forced him to go under the occupiers’ bullets,” it said. “He died for his people, for Gostomel. He died a hero.” Gostomel, northwest of Kyiv, is home to the strategic Antonov military airport, which was the site of fierce battles between Ukrainian and Russian forces in the first days of the war.
