The Ukrainian president called for support for his country. “We are fighting against Russia, which is causing a terrible silence with its bombs. The silence of death. Fill that silence with your music. Today. Tell our story. Tell the truth about war, on television, on social media. Support us in any way you can but can. Anyway, but not with silence.”
Afterwards, musician John Legend played a new song, “Free”. He was joined on stage by Ukrainian artists Mika Newton and Suzanna Iglidan, and a poem by Liyuba Yakimchuk, who recently fled Ukraine, was also read. Images of people affected by the conflict were shown in the background.
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