Ukrainian actor Fedinchuk dies on frontline

Volodymyr Fedinchuk, a 31-year-old actor of the Rivne Regional Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater, has died while defending Ukraine.

Rivne Mayor Oleksandr Tretiak announced this on Facebook, according to Ukrinform.

"Volodymyr died on January 22 in battles near Mykhailivka, Donetsk region. Unfortunately, the best of the best, actors, scientists, athletes, and teachers are dying," Tretiak wrote.

He said that Fedinchuk graduated from the Terebovlia Higher School of Culture in 2012 and from the Rivne State Humanitarian University in 2015.

From 2011, he worked at the Kolomyia Regional Academic Ukrainian Drama Theater. In 2016, he began to work at the Rivne Music and Drama Theater.