Oleksandr Shapoval (9 February 1975 – 12 September 2022) was a

Ukrainian Ukrainian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Ukraine * Something relating to Ukrainians, an East Slavic people from Eastern Europe * Something relating to demographics of Ukraine in terms of demography and population of Ukraine * So ...

ballet dancer and choreographer with the

National Opera of Ukraine The Kyiv Opera group was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest in Ukraine, after Odessa Opera and Lviv Opera. The Kyiv Opera Company perform at the National Opera House of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko in ...

. He volunteered to serve in the Ukrainian military after the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, and was killed in battle near Mayorsk,

Donetsk Oblast The Donetsk Oblast ( ukr, Донецька область, Donetska oblast, ), also referred to as Donechchyna ( ukr, Донеччина, links=no), is an oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is Ukraine's most populous province, with around 4.1 mill ...

, on 12 September 2022, aged 47. He was an Honoured Artist of Ukraine.

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1975 births 2022 deaths Dancers from Kyiv Military personnel from Kyiv Ukrainian choreographers Ukrainian male ballet dancers Ukrainian military personnel killed in the Russian invasion of Ukraine {{Ukraine-bio-stub