Kharkov regional deputies recognized Russia as an “aggressor”, and the head of the Poroshenko administration as an honorary citizen

Deputies of the Kharkov City Council, where the majority are people originally elected from the Party of Regions, today, on the third attempt, voted to recognize Russia as an “aggressor country,” supporting the corresponding resolution of the Verkhovna Rada.

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68 deputies voted “for”, 4 “against”. The deputies refused to vote by roll call.

Mayor Gennady Kernes commented on the vote with the words: everything flows, everything changes.

The day before, Poroshenko's governor Igor Rainin sent an appeal to Kernes, calling for a gathering of deputies to raise the issue of recognizing Russia as an aggressor. As arguments, he listed the deaths of Kharkov ATO participants.

Today at the session, deputies awarded the title of “honorary resident of Kharkov” to the current head of the presidential administration, oligarch Boris Lozhkin.