Pasha Lee

Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee joined his country's defence force after Russia's invasion and was killed on March 6.

Lee had been posting several updates to Instagram since joining the Ukrainian armed forces. Lee’s credits include 2016 action-comedy Selfie Party, 2017’s sports action-drama The Fight Rules and 2019 comedy Meeting of Classmates. According to Tomilenko, he also lent his voice to the dubbed Ukrainian versions of films including The Lion King and The Hobbit, and was a host for the local DOM TV channel. The Crimea-born actor, who also goes by the names Pavlo Li and Pasha Li, was reportedly killed on March 6 following Russian shelling in Irpin, a town northwest of the capital Kyiv that has been the scene of heavy fighting, according to local reports.

Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee was reportedly killed on Sunday in Irpin, amid shelling by Russian forces occupying the city located west of Kyiv.

The Associated Press reports that on Sunday Russian shelling continued in the suburbs of Kyiv, including Irpin, which had been cut off from electricity, water and heating for three days. Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee was killed on Sunday in Irpin, under shelling by Russian forces occupying the city located west of Kyiv, according to local reports. Lee is said to have joined the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine last week to defend his native country during the ongoing invasion.

Pasha Lee was reportedly killed during an attack in Irpin, Ukraine, on Sunday by Russian forces.

With NATO forces massing in the region around Ukraine, various countries have also pledged aid or military support to the resistance. He was killed "as a result of shelling by Russian occupiers," the festival organizers said. Russia's attack on Ukraine continues after their forces launched a large-scale invasion on Feb. 24 — the first major land conflict in Europe in decades.