Actor Maksym Kovtun from Dnipro Youth Theatre died at the front.

Actor Maksym Kovtun from the Dnipro Youth Theatre died in the war. This was reported by the website 'Glavkom', citing actor Serhii Detiuk from the Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Drama Theatre.

Returning home on a shield is the husband of our kumas' daughter, the father of a little girl, actor Maksym Kovtun from the Dnipro Youth Theatre. Eternal memory and eternal glory... Please pray for his soul

Maksym Kovtun was the only son, had a wife and a daughter. The set designer at the Lesya Ukrainka Theatre in Kamianske, Nataliia Kotsar, noted that the actor went to war as a volunteer.

He is a very good person. A very good father and husband. I was so happy for him and his wife Masha Maksakova. They are very bright. And how lovely their daughter is... Max - you are a hero. May there be eternal peace and eternal memory. Maksakovs! Please, stay strong! Eternal memory to the hero! Glory to Ukraine!

Earlier, actor Oleksii Samoilenko died at the front. He joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine immediately after the onset of the Russian invasion. Samoilenko studied at the Kyiv National University of Theatre, Cinema and Television named after Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, gaining popularity thanks to his roles in the series 'Doctor Vira' and the film 'Walk in the Void'.