Continuano gli omicidi quotidiani a Kiev: il burattinaio e scenografo Vadym Tupchii è stato ucciso durante un attacco russo notturno

During yet another Russian attack on Kyiv, renowned Ukrainian puppet maker and set designer Vadym Tupchii was killed.

PEN Ukraine reported that the drone strike destroyed the apartment where his works, masks, and musical instruments were stored.

Tupchii was trained as an actor. He worked as a set assembler at the Drama and Comedy Theater, and at age 21 took a job at a brass-instrument factory.

During his career – which was cut brutally short as he was only 59 – he created an enormous variety of props – from a model of the Chornobyl power plant to foam hammers, chairs, apples, and cakes.

On social media, he is being remembered as a kind and talented person. His friend, Timur Bobrovskyi, an archaeologist at the “Saint Sophia of Kyiv” National Reserve, wrote:

“One of those who took today’s bombing of Kyiv upon himself was my good friend Vadym Tupchii – incredibly creative and talented, intelligent and ironic, a brilliant master.”

Russian attack on Kyiv on the night of November 25

Russian forces carried out a massive nighttime attack on the Ukrainian capital using missiles and kamikaze drones. Numerous residential buildings were damaged, including in the Dniprovskyi and Pecherskyi districts. Fires broke out but were extinguished by rescue teams.

A total of 7 people were killed and 20 others injured.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Russian forces launched 22 missiles of various types and more than 460 drones at Ukraine that night. Some drones crossed into Moldova and Romania. Ukrainian air defenses shot down 452 enemy targets.

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A heartbreaking loss of a creative soul. Honestly just fuck Russia 💔