ODESSA, Ukraine — The barricades blocking the path to the Odessa Opera and Ballet begin three blocks away. Two more walls like that further protect the entrance. Antitank hedgehogs — metal rods welded ...
Odessa's opera house — currently surrounded by a fortress of sandbags — is making music, despite the war Amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine — which has so far led to more than 1,200 civilian casualties ...