A Ukranian actor and TV host has died after joining his country's fight against the invading Russian troops. Pasha Lee was 33 and had worked as a dubbing artists on movies such as The Lion King and The Hobbit.
It is reported that he was killed during shelling in Irpen. He had joined the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the MirrorOnline reports
In a translated Intagram post on Saturday, he wrote: ‘For the last 48 hours there is an opportunity to sit down and take a picture of how we are being bombed, and we are smiling because we will manage and everything will be UKRAINE WE ARE WORKING !!!’ He had been sharing images of himself on social media wearing military uniform.
He had risen to fame starring in the 2019 film Meeting of Classmates and the sport action movie The Fight Rules He was also a host on the DOM TV channel.
A Facebook post by Sergiy Tomilenko, President of Ukraine’s National Union of Journalists, confirmed the death of Lee. The post said: "The National Association of Journalists of Ukraine express sincere condolences to Paul's family and loved ones..
It continued: "Our words of support are the entire team of the DOM channel, which embodies a noble mission of speech for the deoccupation of Donetsk, Luhansk regions and Crimea. True, because of Russia's attack on all Ukraine, the mission is correct.
"Now all journalists are working to de-occupation of the country. For the sake of the world..."
Anastasiya Kasilova, one of Pasha's co-stars on Provincial, the 2021 TV drama that was one of his final projects, paid tribute to the actor on Facebook. "He is an actor, TV presenter, my colleague and a good acquaintance…
"Never forgive!" she wrote.
