Ukrainian actor and TV host Pasha Lee was killed by shelling near Kyiv over the weekend, according to Ukraine’s Odesa International Film Festival.
The Epoch Times could not independently verify the claims and has contacted the group for comment.
“From the very first days, he stood up for the defense of his country. His death at the hands of the Russian occupiers is a huge loss for the entire Ukrainian film industry. We will never recover from it and we will never forget his talent,” Machuh continued to say. If the “war does not end today, there will be even more of these losses,” Machuh added.
He wrote: “For the last 48 hours there is an opportunity to sit down and take a picture of how we are being bombed, and we are smiling because we will manage and everything will be UKRAINE. WE ARE WORKING,” according to a translation.
According to The Associated Press, shelling continued Sunday around Kyiv, including in Irpin, which was cut off from water, electricity, and heating for several days. Other reports indicated that four civilians were killed at a bridge near Irpin on Sunday.