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Ukrainian ballet star Artem Datsyshyn dies after Russian shelling
Leading Ukrainian ballet dancer Artem Datsyshyn has died, almost three weeks after being injured in Russian shelling in Kyiv, according to reports.
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Ratmansky, a former principal dancer in Kyiv and former artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, is now artist in residence at the American Ballet Theatre in New York. He said Datsyshyn died from "wounds received on February 26 when he got under Russian artillery fire".
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News of Datsyshyn's death follows reports that Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets died after a Russian rocket attack.
Shvets, 67, died after the attack on a residential building in Kyiv, according to the city's Young Theatre, of which she was a company member.
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https://news.yahoo.com/ukrainian-ballet-star-artem-datsyshyn-130818312.html