Haunting footage shows the moment a Russian actress was killed on stage by a Ukrainian missile while performing for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s soldiers in occupied Donetsk, in what has been described as a “revenge” attack.
The footage, released by Russian news channel Telegram Astra, was recorded on Sunday, November 19, and shows Polina Menshikh, 40, singing and playing the guitar in a crowded cultural center in the village of Kumachovo, less than 40 miles from front. lines.
Moments later, a loud bang is heard, then the camera shakes and goes black, as a man’s voice exclaims in Russian: “F–k!”
Menshikh’s death has now been confirmed by Russian state news agency TASS and the Portal theater in Saint Petersburg.
“It is with great pain that we inform you that Polina Menshikh… died yesterday during a performance in Donbass as a result of shelling,” the theater said in a statement.
The deadly attack was carried out by the Ukrainian military using a U.S.-supplied HIMARS missile system, killing at least 25 Russian soldiers and wounding more than 100 others who attended Sunday’s military awards ceremony and concert celebrating the annual Russian Forces Day. Russian Missiles and Artillery.
Robert Brovdi, commander of the Ukrainian aerial reconnaissance unit “Birds of Magyar”, wrote on his Telegram channel that Sunday’s attack was “revenge for the 128th (Brigade)”.
Brovdi was referring to the Russian missile attack on November 3 at a military awards ceremony in honor of Ukrainian Artillery Forces Day, which claimed the lives of at least 20 soldiers of the 128th Mountain Assault Brigade in the Zaporizhzhia region .
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called the attack a “tragedy that could have been avoided.”
The Ukrainian military on Wednesday officially confirmed the deadly revenge attack on Russia’s 810th Marine Brigade.
“Ukraine’s defense forces quickly determined the location of the Russians’ celebration and warmly congratulated them,” the Ukrainian Armed Forces’ Strategic Communications Department said in Telegram.
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Russian actress Polina Menshikh was killed during a concert in the DPR when the Ukrainian army attacked the stage with HIMARS missiles.
7 people died and several were injured. pic.twitter.com/Voqra5TOKk
— Ignorance, root and stem of all evil (@ivan_8848) November 22, 2023
O #Ukrainian The Armed Forces attack on the DPR cultural center, which resulted in the death of actress/singer Polina Menshikh, directly hit the roof above the stage.
The auditorium is largely intact, but the ceiling above the stage is destroyed, pic.twitter.com/O4CpRYhwPI
-Arthur Morgan (@ArthurM40330824) November 22, 2023
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