Dolphins bring joy to Ukrainian children fleeing war

A Ukrainian family, who has fled Kherson amid the Russian invasion, poses for a photograph after a dolphin show at a hotel, in Odesa, Ukraine April 9, 2022. Picture taken April 9, 2022. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

ODESA, Ukraine (Reuters) - A dolphin show has provided some much-needed respite from the horrors of war for several dozen Ukrainians, many of them children, fleeing the heavily bombarded city of Kherson.

For an hour or so, the refugees were able to set aside their cares and enjoy the spectacle of the dolphins leaping, playing with balls and swimming with their trainer at the Nemo Hotel in the Black Sea port city of Odesa.