Ukrainian Film Star Killed In Russia Shelling While Defending City

Last week, a Ukrainian actor and TV host died while defending his country against the Russian invasion. In the city of Irpin, Pasha Lee, 33, was murdered by bombardment. He gained prominence as the star of the 2019 comedy film Meeting of Classmates and the 2017 sports action picture The Fight Rules, as well as a presenter on Ukraine's DOM channel. According to the Mirror, Pasha joined the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine last week in order to defend his country against Russian forces.

On social media, he posted photos of himself dressed in uniform, and in a heartbreaking photograph released on Saturday, he told followers, "We are smiling because we will manage. For the previous 48 hours, there has been an opportunity to sit down and take a picture of how we are being bombarded, and we are smiling because we will manage and everything will be UKRAINE WE ARE WORKING!!!" 

And the head of the UATV/DOM Platform, Julia Ostrovsky, said Pasha was the 'most joyful and sunny' of the TV presenters working on the programme. Tomilenko's post continued to say: "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. True, because of Russia's attack on all of Ukraine, the mission is correct.

"Now all journalists are working to de-occupation of the country. For the sake of the world..."

Anastasiya Kasilova, one of Pasha's co-stars on Provincial, the 2021 TV drama that was one of his final projects, paid tribute to the actor on Facebook.