Ruslan Martsinkiv is the mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk, one of the largest cities of Western Ukraine. He is supported by a record number of citizens, but in October 2020, when the city was at the center of the second wave of COVID-19, there was uncertainty about the implementation of a number of unclear solutions. Meanwhile, the election race began in which the incumbent mayor was taking part. This composition of ordeals, of which the mayor was at the forefront, blended into an eccentric time period.