The head of the administration of Kherson, Saldo, was put into a medically induced coma

The day before, Saldo himself announced publicly about his hospitalization, without naming the diagnosis. A few hours before reports of hospitalization, a post appeared on the official’s Telegram channel, which said,

The head of the military-civilian administration of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, was hospitalized, RT reports, citing a source in the regional administration. Doctors put Saldo into a medically induced coma, while his condition is assessed as moderately severe.

Serhiy Yeliseev, the head of the government of the Kherson region, has been appointed acting director.

According to the Telegram-channel Baza, they are going to transport the Balance from the Crimea to one of the Moscow hospitals by a special plane. A Baza source said that yesterday the head of the interim administration was transferred from the Kherson region to a clinic in Crimea. However, he got worse, Saldo was connected to a ventilator and put into a coma.

The council of doctors decided that the patient needed to be urgently delivered to Moscow. A special board is already ready for its transportation, the source of the channel specified.

Around 13:00 Moscow time, a few hours before the appearance of reports about the introduction of an official into a coma, a post appeared on his personal Telegram channel in which Balance explained on his own behalf that “the deterioration in my health was the result of a complication after suffering COVID-19 disease” . “In general, I feel good. Doctors talk about positive dynamics, ”the post said.

RBC asked the press service of the provisional administration of the Kherson region for a comment.

The head of the military administration of the Kherson region was hospitalized Politics

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The day before, Saldo himself announced his hospitalization. He said that after another meeting with the government of the region, “the minister of health approached him and, looking at my appearance, began to insist on an immediate medical examination.” As a result, the doctors decided to hospitalize him. The head of the government of the Kherson region Sergey Eliseev, who received a post in the Cabinet of Ministers of the region in early July, and before that was deputy chairman of the government of the Kaliningrad region, began to fulfill the duties of the Balance.

The diagnosis and the reason for hospitalization, Saldo did not name the day before.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced the taking of the Kherson region under control on March 15. In July, it became known that President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky ordered the military to recapture the southern coastal territories, and Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk suggested that residents of the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions evacuate, including through Crimea. In the same month, Ukrainian intelligence reported on preparations for a counteroffensive in the southern direction.