Journalists talked to friends of the conductor of the Kherson Theater about his death

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Refused to cooperate

Yuri Kerpatenko went missing at the end of September, right after the “referendum” on joining Russia was held in the city. According to The Times, 46-year-old Yuri Kerpatenko was killed on September 28. As eyewitnesses told the publication, the conductor was shot dead at the door of his apartment. This happened because of his active pro-Ukrainian position.

Anatoly, the chief technician of the Kherson Philharmonic, who worked with Kerpatenko for many years, told reporters, according to the conductor, that they "tried to recruit" him. Also, according to him, he refused the pro-Russian administration of Kherson in requests to arrange a concert at the Philharmonic.

In addition, according to the interlocutors of The Times, the conductor was quite active in criticizing the Russian invasion and occupation. Former colleagues, police officers and neighbors of Kerpatenko said that he often posted posts on Facebook in support of Ukraine.

Kicked ballot boxes for "voting"

Eyewitnesses of the events told reporters that in 2011 Kerpatenko's wife died: she had oncology. After that, the conductor began to abuse alcohol. According to his neighbor, on September 27, the last day of the “referendum” on joining Russia, Kerpatenko and his girlfriend Marina Atsekhovskaya kicked ballot boxes while drunk.

The very next day at seven in the morning, six men in uniform demanded that the conductor open the door for them. The 75-year-old neighbor Kerpatenko came out to the noise, but the soldiers said that they would not touch her if she closed the door. After that, the neighbor heard two shots and machine gun fire. When the military left, she opened the door and saw the body of Kerpatenko.

According to a neighbor, the conductor allegedly had a weapon in his hand, which the men who came called a machine gun.

There were no weapons

Together with the conductor, Marina Atsekhovskaya was wounded. Now she lives in the same apartment.

According to The Times, Kerpatenko's body lay in the entrance for several hours, but after that he was taken away in an unknown direction.

The interlocutors of the publication are sure that the conductor did not have weapons in the house. They think that the conductor was first shot, and then they put a machine gun in his hand.