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Ukrainian National Opera ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval killed in combat

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Ballet soloist of Ukraine's National Opera and Honored Artist of Ukraine Oleksandr Shapoval was killed in combat near Maiorske in Donetsk Oblast on Sept. 12, Valentyna Samchenko, deputy editor-in-chief of the Ukraina Moloda media outlet, announced on Facebook.

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