“On April 13, 2025, as a result of a missile strike by Russia, our theater family suffered a pain that words cannot describe. Inflicted wounds killed our colleague, artist of the orchestra theater — Olena Kohut,” Sumy National Theatre said on Facebook.

President Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on April 12 that face-to-face negotiations between U.S. and Iranian officials that started that day were “going ok,” and that discussions of a ceasefire deal between Russia and Ukraine “might be going ok.