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Young ballerinas from Kharkiv are now among millions displaced by Ukraine's war

At Christmas, they performed The Nutcracker. As Easter approaches, they and their mom are among millions who've been scattered by violence, separated from their old lives, facing an uncertain future.
Kateryna Kltsova, right, with her two daughters Nadia, 7, center, and Maria, 11, left, with their new pink suitcase in a park in Lviv.
Updated April 14, 2022 at 12:52 PM ET

LVIV, Ukraine — On a brilliant spring afternoon, Kateryna Kltsova pulls a bright-pink suitcase through a park in Lviv. She is trailed by her two daughters, 11-year-old Maria and 7-year-old Nadia.

"They are ballerinas," Kltsova says, her voice weary. "And I am a

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