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Renowned conductor Yurii Kerpatenko killed by Russians
[Pravda] Yurii Kerpatenko, principal conductor at the Kherson Music and Drama Theatre, has been killed by Russian occupiers in Kherson.His death was announced on 14 October, said the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy. The ministry said Yurii Kerpatenko had been rubbed out by the Russian military in his own home after he refused to cooperate with the invaders. Journalist Olena Vanina was the first to report the conductor’s murder. She noted that it is now difficult to find out any details of the murder. "Today it became known that the conductor of the Kherson Philharmonic has been shot by the occupiers. He had refused to cooperate with them, and they said they would be back. They showed up at his house and shot him right there", Vanina wrote on Facebook. Vanina also noted that Kerpatenko had stopped contact with colleagues back in September. Posted by: Fred 2022-10-16 |
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