Prominent Ukrainian ballet dancer Artem Datsyshyn has died, nearly three weeks after being injured in a Russian bombing raid on kyiv, according to reports.
Datsyshyn, 43, a former soloist with the Ukrainian National Opera, died in hospital, her friend Tatiana Borovik said.
She spoke of her “heartache” over the news in a Facebook post.
Anatoly Solovyanenko, chief stage director of the Ukrainian National Opera, paid tribute to him as “a great artist” and “a wonderful man.”
Russian-American choreographer Alexei Ratmansky also expressed his sadness.
Ratmansky, a former principal dancer in kyiv and former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, is now an artist-in-residence at the American Ballet Theater in New York. She said Datsyshyn died from “wounds received on February 26 when he was fired upon by Russian artillery.”
“He was a beautiful dancer loved by his peers. An unbearable pain,” he added.
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The news of Datsyshyn’s death follows reports that Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets died after a Russian rocket attack.
Shvets, 67, died after the attack on a residential building in kyiv, according to the city’s Young Theater, of which the company was a member.
She was reported to be a veteran of stage and screen for decades in Ukraine, receiving one of the highest artistic accolades in the country.
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