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Ukrainian ballet star Artem Datsishin has died weeks after being wounded in a Russian shelling of Kyiv.
Datsyshyn, who was a soloist with the National Opera of Ukraine, died in March, his friend Tatiana Borovik said on Facebook.
“Friends, I inform everyone who knew Artyom Datsishin Dotsik that on February 26 he was attacked by Russianists, seriously wounded, and died in the hospital. me! May your memory be bright!” Borovik wrote.
Anatoly Solovyanenko, general director of the National Opera of Ukraine, also shared his grief over Datsyshyn’s death on Facebook, calling him a “great artist” and “a wonderful person.”
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General view of the Ukrainian National Opera in Kyiv, Ukraine, February 27, 2016. (REUTERS/Gleb Garanich)
Russian-American choreographer Alexei Ratmansky, who previously worked at the National Opera of Ukraine and the American Ballet Theatre, explained in a social media post that Datsyshyn “came under fire from Russian artillery.”
“He was a great dancer who was loved by his colleagues. Unbearable pain, ”added Ratmansky.
The death of the ballerina became known on the same day when it became known that the Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets died during the Russian shelling of Kyiv.
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“During a rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv, the Honored Artist of Ukraine Oksana Shvets was killed,” the Young Theater said in a Facebook post. “Blessed memory of a talented actress! There is no forgiveness for the enemy who came to our land!”
The band expressed “irreparable grief” at the death of Shvets.
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The death of Shvets was also reported by the Kyiv Post on social networks. Twitter account.
Julius Young of Fox News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.