Popular Ukrainian actress, Oksana Shvets, has been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv, according to the Young Theatre where she was part ofthe troupe. She was aged 67.
The Yahooalso reports that the revered Shvets worked in theatre and film for decades and her efforts garnered one of Ukraine’s highest honours, the title of which roughly translates as “Honoured Artist of Ukraine” — it is also sometimes in artfully expressed in English as “Well-Deserved Artist.” Whatever the case, the honour is only bestowed upon those among the country’s most accomplished performing artists.
In its announcement, the Young Theatre expressed “irreparable grief” at Shvets’ passing, before describing how the actress died.
“During the rocket shelling of a residential building in Kyiv,” the statement reads, “a well-deserved artist of Ukraine Oksana Shvets was killed.”
Shvets was reportedlyborn on February 10, 1955. She graduated from the theatre studio at the Ivan Franko Theatre and the Kiev State Institute of Theater Arts.
In addition to her time with the Young Theatre, Shvets had worked at the Ternopil Music and Drama Theatre and the Kiev Theatre of Satire.
The English-language Kyiv Postalso confirmed her death.
