European mayors duped into calls with impostor posing as Kyiv’s Vitali Klitschko

The office of Berlin mayor Franziska Giffey tweeted on Friday night that she cut short a call with the reputed Kyiv mayor after his comments and questions made her suspicious.

Vitali Klitschko (Niall Carson/PA)

The mayor of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has warned that an impostor is posing as him and communicating with other officials, including three European mayors who were duped into believing they were having a video call with the real Vitali Klitschko.

“Several mayors in Europe have been contacted by a fake mayor of Kyiv who has been saying absurd things,” Mr Klitschko told German daily newspaper Bild.