Yurii Felipenko

Yuriy Serhiyovych Felipenko was a Ukrainian theatre and film actor.

Life and career

Felipenko was born on 8 May 1993 in Zaporizhzhia, and graduated from the Kyiv [National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University|Kyiv National University of Theater, Film and Television] in 2016. He was an actor at the Kyiv Academic Drama Theater in Podil.
In 2014 he made his television debut in the detective series The Return of Mukhtar-9. He also appeared in Unit 44 and The Color of Passion.
In 2019, he was awarded the Kyiv Art Award.
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. He was killed in action on 15 June 2025, at the age of 32 at the Pokrovsk front.