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    Ukrainian ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval is killed on the battlefield

    Shapoval volunteered to fight after Russia invaded Ukraine. His unit was recently sent to one of "the hottest zones" in the country, according to The National Opera of Ukraine.
    by Elizabeth Blair Sep 13, 2022 1 minute
    Oleksandr Shapoval volunteered to fight after the Russia invasion. The National Opera of Ukraine says he was killed on the battlefield.

    One of Ukraine's leading ballet artists is being remembered as a "courageous romantic" after being killed on the battlefield.

    The National Opera of Ukraine , with "indescribable sadness," the death

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