In the
2002 Ukrainian parliamentary election Atroshenko was elected in single-member constituency 207 for
Viktor Yushchenko's Our Ukraine Bloc. He was re-elected in the
2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election on a ticket from the
Petro Poroshenko Bloc (as a
non-partisan) again in single-member constituency 206 (located in Chernihiv, he won the constituency with 51.34% of the votes). Two missiles hit a hospital in the city during the day, according to the health administration chief, Serhiy Pivovar. On 10 March, he said that Russian forces had completely encircled Chernihiv, adding that the city was completely isolated and that critical infrastructure for its 300,000 residents was rapidly failing as it came under repeated bombardment. On 25 March 2022, he shot a video from his car showing the destruction of Chernihiv, and on 26 March, he reported that more houses were destroyed than intact. On 7 December 2022, the
Yavoriv District Court removed Atroshenko of the post of mayor of Chernihiv because it was alleged that at the beginning of the war, he took his family out of shelling in an official car. On 16 December 2022, it became known that Atroshenko wrote a statement to the
Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the
police. Atroshchenko believes that he is constantly being watched. Prior to that, the "
Chesno" movement, the Association of Cities of Ukraine, the
Committee of Voters of Ukraine, lawyers and other experts called it political pressure on mayors and an attack on local self-government.
Oleksandr Lomako became acting mayor of Chernihiv. Lomako is also a member of Atroshenko's party. ==See also==