In Ukraine, the death of actor Samoylenko, who joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine, was reported.

Theater and film actor Alexey Samoylenko, who took part in combat operations on the side of the Armed Forces Ukraine (AFU), died in the zone of a special military operation (SVO). This was reported on February 25 by the publication UNIAN with reference to a friend of the Ukrainian artist.

It is specified that Samoylenko, who played in the TV series "Doctor Vera" and in the film "A Walk in the Void", died on February 19.

He will be buried in Kiev on Wednesday, February 26, the newspaper notes.

Earlier, in December 2024, it was reported that the Ukrainian actor Andrei Pavlenko, who acted on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, href="https://iz.ru/1618964/2023-12-11/pogib-eshche-odin-vystupavshii-za-vsu-akter-iz-vozvrashcheniia-mukhtara " target="_blank">died in a special operation zone. Before that Vasily Kukharsky, an actor who joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who starred in the series "The Return of Mukhtar", died as a result of severe injury.