Ukraine bid a tearful farewell to Yuriy Felipenko, the beloved actor-turned-soldier, during a solemn funeral in Kyiv. Felipenko, known for his role in the 2024 series A Promise to God, left behind the spotlight to serve in Ukraine’s Achilles Drone Battalion. He was killed on the frontlines, with the heartbreaking news confirmed by his wife, Kateryna Motrych, on June 15. “Yura was my world, my soul, my light… I feel like I have been destroyed,” she wrote in an emotional tribute. His comrade, Vadym Kovaliov, remembered him as a kind soul and a true fighter. Felipenko is mourned not just as an artist, but as a national hero who gave up fame to defend his country’s freedom.
