Ukrainian theatre turned to volunteer kitchen

A theatre in western Ukraine has been transformed into a volunteer kitchen where actors and backstage staff make food for soldiers and people displaced by the fighting.

In the warmly-lit theatre cafe in the city of Drohobych, artists accustomed to performing on the big stage were instead rolling and filling dough to make dumplings to be sent to the front line or shared with people in need."We did more than 3,000 pounds of meatballs," said the theatre's director, Mykola Hnatenko, as he listed the many meals made by the volunteers over the past few weeks. The operation involves about 150 volunteers, including artists who have been displaced from other parts of Ukraine and now live at the theatre.