Vladimir Shklyarov, who danced with Russia's prestigious Mariinsky Ballet Theatre, died Friday after reportedly falling from a fifth-floor balcony. He was 39.

The ballet world is mourning renowned Russian ballet dancer and onetime Ukraine war critic Vladimir Shklyarov after he fell 60 feet to his death from the fifth story of a St. Petersburg building

Principal Russian ballerina Vladimir Shklyarov died at the age of 39 after suffering a fall from the fifth-floor balcony of a building.