Mystery still shrouds the identity of the attackers who shot and severely wounded the Jewish mayor of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv.
On Monday night Gennadiy Kernes was flown to Israel, where his condition was stabilised after surgery in Haifa's Elisha hospital.
Mr Kernes was a supporter of the former government of deposed President Viktor Yanukovich and was also accused by some in the Maidan movement that spearheaded the revolution in Kiev two months ago of recruiting some of the militia-members who tried to violently put down the Maidan protests.
However, since the revolution and the ensuing hostility between the new government in Kiev and the Russian government and its supporters, has pledged his allegiance to Kiev.
