Carol of the Bells, the iconic Christmas song from Home Alone, is in the spotlight, not for the festive cheer but for Russian forces destroying the Ukrainian city where its composer, Mykola Leontovych ...

Dnipro, Ukraine — The cherished, century-old Ukrainian song that Americans know as “Carol of the Bells” was written for layers upon layers of voices to fill churches, concert halls and city squares.

Mykola Leontovych, the Ukrainian composer of the famed festive song, lived in the eastern city of Pokrovsk. Months of Russian assaults have erased most tributes to his life there. By Constant Méheut ...

Alla Dekhtyar plays piano and sings with her daughter, Natalia Aleksahina, left, and their friend Viktoriia Ametova. Dekhtyar used to direct a 30-person choir in Pokrovsk, which performed the ...