When Russia launched a full-scale invasion, many stars took up arms or volunteered to defend Ukraine from the occupying forces..

Unfortunately, the war does not go without loss.. There are also many celebrities among those who died tragically while defending the country from invaders..

TSN website editor. ua prepared a selection about the stars whose lives were taken by the war.

Pasha Lee The life of the Ukrainian actor was tragically cut short on March 6 last year in Irpen. Pasha volunteered in the city. When part of Irpen was captured by Russian invaders, Li had to evacuate with others. However, the actor finally decided to go home for things. Unfortunately, the car in which Pasha was driving was shot by the occupiers along the way.. Celebrity died on the spot.

Karim Gulamov The celebrity was a soldier and veteran of the ATO. Before the war, Karim worked as a TV presenter of the Military Hit Parade on one of the Ukrainian music channels.. When Russia launched a full-scale invasion, Gulamov took up arms again and went to defend the country.

The TV presenter's life was tragically cut short on July 17 last year.. Karim ran over a mine during a combat mission in the Kherson region.

Oleksandr Shapoval Soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine named after. Taras Shevchenko died heroically in battle with the Russian invaders on September 12 last year. Alexander's life was cut short near Mayorsk, Donetsk region. On the front line, Shapoval served as a grenade launcher.

Yaroslav Garkavko Member of the " At the time of his death, the humorist was only 26 years old.

Sergey Shkvarchenko Dancer and Honored Artist of Ukraine tragically died on December 19 last year. Shkvarchenko came under mortar fire when he was defending the country from Russian invaders. The dancer went to the front as a volunteer at the beginning of a full-scale war.

Oleg Bobalo The famous director-defender died on December 20 last year. Oleg tragically died near Bakhmut. The director went into battle against the " The defender managed to repulse three terrible attacks, but he received a severe shrapnel wound, which turned out to be incompatible with life..

Ilya Grabar The brother of the dancer Nazar Grabar - sound engineer Ilya Grabar - died at the end of December near Bakhmut in a battle with Russian invaders.