Pavlo Kuzmenko has been the Mayor of Ohtyrka (Sumy Region) since 2020. He is a medical doctor by profession (orthopedist). Pavlo Kuzmenko has worked as the head of department of orthopedics and traumatology of Okhtyrka central district hospital in 2012-2020. For over 20 years he conducted complex operations on the patients with car accident traumas. With the beginning of Russian invasion, he combined the work of the mayor of the city 50 km from Russian-Ukrainian boarder with the duties of a surgeon of a local hospital, operating on patients with missile trauma. The biggest challenge for the community so far is the damage of the thermal power station which provides heat to the 80 % of the city.
