[7][8] The Ukrainian Ministry of Culture and Information Policy reported that he had declined to participate in an upcoming October 1 concert hosted by the Russian occupiers.

[7] The Russian administration planned to feature Kerpatenko's Gileya chamber orchestra in a concert "intended by the occupiers to demonstrate the so-called 'improvement of peaceful life' in Kherson".

[7] Later, the Ukrainian ministry claimed that he was shot dead in his home by the Russian military due to refusing to cooperate with them during their occupation of Kherson Oblast.

[10] Ukraine's Kherson regional prosecutor's office is investigating his death "on the basis of violations of the laws and customs of war, combined with intentional murder.

"[7] Musicians Dalia Stasevska, Semyon Bychkov,[7] Vlad,[11] and Roger O'Donnell[12] and writer Andrey Kurko[11] responded to the news of his death on social media.