Rostyslav Bortnyk

Rostyslav Bortnyk is the mayor of Berezhany, a town in the Ternopil Oblast of Ukraine. He gained media attention for his response to pop singer Anna Trincher's comments about Berezhany, where she described the town as feeling like a 'town of urban type' due to its limited infrastructure. Bortnyk defended his community, emphasizing the town's warm welcome to Trincher during her stay at the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine and expressing concern about the potential negative impact of her remarks on the town's reputation.