Russian Rocket Attack Killed Ukrainian actor Oksana Shvets
New Delhi: A beloved actress from Ukraine, Oksana Shvets, was killed in the capital city of Kyiv during a Russian rocket attack. She was reportedly 67.
Shvets was part of the Young Theater community, which expressed grief and anger over the loss of a member of its “family” on Facebook on Thursday.
“During the rocket shelling of a residential building in Kyiv a well-deserved artist of Ukraine Oksana Shvets was killed,” the theater said in a translated post. “Bright memory to the talented actress! There is no forgiveness for the enemy that has come to our land!”
According to the Media report, designating Shvets as a “well-deserved artist” refers to her accomplishment of earning a Merited Artist of Ukraine badge, one of the country’s highest honors for the performing arts.
The Ukraine Media also reported Shvets’ death on Twitter on Thursday. “The actress of the Young Theatre Oksana Shvets has been murdered in Kyiv during the war,” the outlet wrote.
Shvets graduated from an actors’ studio at the Ivan Franko Theater and the Kyiv State Institute of Theater Arts. Shvets performed at the Ternopil Music and Drama Theater and the Kyiv Theater of Satire in addition to her work at Young Theater, Deadline reports.
The Hollywood Reporter called her a “veteran of stage and screen for decades in Ukraine.”
(VINAYAK)
