Yuriy Serhiyovych Felipenko (Ukrainian: Юрій Сергійович Феліпенко; 8 May 1993 – 15 June 2025) was a Ukrainian theatre and film actor.[2]

Yurii Felipenko
Юрій Феліпенко
Born
Yuriy Serhiyovych Felipenko

(1993-05-08)8 May 1993
Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
Died15 June 2025(2025-06-15) (aged 32)
Cause of death
Killed during the Russo-Ukrainian War
EducationKyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University
OccupationActor
Years active2014–2025
SpouseKateryna Motrych[1]

Life and career

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Felipenko was born on 8 May 1993 in Zaporizhzhia, and graduated from the Kyiv National University of Theater, Film and Television in 2016. He was an actor at the Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil.[3][4]

In 2014, he made his television debut in Season 9 of the Russian detective series Muhtar's Return. He also appeared in Unit 44 and The Color of Passion.[5]

In 2019, he was awarded the Kyiv Art Award.[6]

In April 2024, Felipenko joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of the Achilles UAV of the 92nd Assault Brigade and served in the Russo-Ukrainian War.[5] He was killed in action on 15 June 2025, at the age of 32 at the Pokrovsk front.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 "На фронті загинув актор театру і кіно Юрій Феліпенко". Вечірній Київ (in Ukrainian). 15 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  2. "Зірка серіалу "Обіцянка Богу" Феліпенко долучився до ЗСУ. Відео". ТаблоID (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 15 June 2025. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  3. "Юрій Феліпенко". teleportal.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  4. "Феліпенко Юрій | Особа | Theatre.love – сервіс рекомендацій, заснований на думці реальних людей". theatre.love. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Після п'яти років разом: відомий актор, яки служить в ЗСУ, одружився з коханою у Харкові". 24 Канал (in Ukrainian). 27 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. "Мистецька премія «Київ» на горизонті". Театральна риболовля (in Ukrainian). 20 February 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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