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Artyom Datsishin, a Ukrainian ballet dancer, has reportedly died after being injured during the Russian invasion.
Datsishin, a principal dancer with the National Opera of Ukraine, was wounded in Kyiv two days after Russia launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24, according to theEvening Standard, which reported he was 43.
He “was seriously wounded,” Borovik continued, adding that he “died in the hospital.”
“I can’t express my heartache that is overwhelming me,” she wrote. “May your memory be bright.”
Anatoly Solovyanenko, who is the general stage director at the opera house, remembered Datsishin as a “beautiful artist” and a “wonderful man.”
Datsyshyn died from “wounds received on February 26 when he got under Russian artillery fire,” Ratmanskywrotein a social media post.
“I am furious,” he wrote in a separate comment, noting that he had thought in the past of inviting the dancer to join the Bolshoi Ballet. “He was really good.”
Throughout his career, Datsishin toured in Europe and the United States, according to theEvening Standard. He performed lead roles in several well-known ballets, includingSwan Lake,Romeo and JulietandThe Nutcracker.
A funeral was held in Kyiv on Friday, per the newspaper.
Russia’sattack on Ukrainemarks the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.
With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyycalled for peace talks — so far unsuccessful — while urging his country to fight back.
“Nobody is going to break us, we’re strong, we’re Ukrainians,“he told the European Unionin a speech in the early days of the fighting, adding, “Life will win over death. And light will win over darkness.”
source: people.com
