Russia attacked the southern port city of Odesa with Iranian-made drones overnight, the Ukrainian Southern Air Command said on April 19, as fighting raged in the eastern region of Donetsk, where a protracted battle for the city of Bakhmut has been under way.
Inspections of vessels carrying grain from Ukrainian ports have resumed at Turkey's Bosphorus Strait after two days of discussions between Kyiv and Moscow, a spokesperson in Istanbul said on April 19.
The United States and its NATO allies must remain alert for signs that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use a tactical nuclear weapon in a "managed" escalation of his war in Ukraine, a U.S. diplomat said.
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The Bolshoi Theater in Moscow has dropped a ballet about Russian dance legend Rudolf Nureyev from its repertoire after a law on so-called "gay propaganda" was tightened.