A final ovation for ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval at the Kyiv Opera House.

He’d performed for 28 seasons before volunteering to fight in the east.

While Ukraine enjoys successes on the battlefield, his death is a reminder of the enduring, awful cost of this war. pic.twitter.com/6V1m2vVFlr

— James Waterhouse (@JamWaterhouse) September 17, 2022

RT @JamWaterhouse: A final ovation for ballet dancer Oleksandr Shapoval at the Kyiv Opera House.

He’d performed for 28 seasons before vol…