Ukrainian actor killed while fighting Russians

A Ukrainian actor who joined volunteers to fight the Russian invaders has been killed in action Irpin.

Pasha Lee joined the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine last week, and he shared on his Instagram his pictures in combat uniform.

“For the last 48hrs there’s 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!” he wrote.

However, a Facebook post by Sergiy Tomilenko, President of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists, confirmed the Lee is dead.

“The National Association of Journalists of Ukraine express sincere condolences to Paul’s family and loved ones.

“Our words of support are the entire team of the DOM channel, which embodies a noble mission of speech for the de-occupation of Donetsk, Luhansk regions and Crimea.”

Lee hit stardom in the 2019 comedy film, ‘Meeting of Classmates’ and 2017 sport action movie, ‘The Fight Rules’, while he was also a presenter on the DOM channel in Ukraine.