(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 29, 2014 former Ukrainian President Leonid Kravchuk addresses deputies during an extraordinary session of the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev. - Leonid Kravchuk, the first president of post-Soviet Ukraine, died on May 10, 2022, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said. "Today the first president of independent Ukraine passed away," Klitschko wrote on Telegram, praising Kravchuk for "talent, a strong character and knowledge". (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)