As foreign outrage mounted over evidence of possible executions and other atrocities by Russian forces in Ukraine, world-renowned ballet dancers from the two countries at war danced together in a performance in Naples to appeal for peace.

A Ukrainian ballerina who fled the war in her homeland and a Russian ballerina who quit the Bolshoi Ballet over the Russian invasion danced in the San Carlo theatre in Naples during a sold-out benefit performance Monday night to raise funds for the Red Cross and champion the cause of peace in Ukraine.