Ukrainians bid farewell to fallen ballet dancer


  • World
  • Thursday, 24 Nov 2022

A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a coffin with the body of his brother-in-arms and ballet dancer Vadym Khlupianets who was recently killed in a fight against Russian troops amid Russias attack on Ukraine during a funeral ceremony at the National Academic Operettas Theatre in Kyiv Ukraine November 24 2022. REUTERSValentyn Ogirenko

A Ukrainian serviceman stands next to a coffin with the body of his brother-in-arms and ballet dancer Vadym Khlupianets, who was recently killed in a fight against Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, during a funeral ceremony at the National Academic Operetta's Theatre in Kyiv, Ukraine November 24, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

KYIV (Reuters) - Mournful Ukrainians said their final goodbyes on Thursday to a 26-year-old ballet dancer who was killed fighting Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

Vadym Khlupianets, of the Kyiv National Academic Operetta Theater, was killed by a sniper near Bakhmut, a strategically important town in the eastern Donetsk region, the Ukrainian military said.

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