Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attended the 64th Grammy Awards to deliver a pre-recorded speech amid Russia's ongoing invasion of his nation. "There was a war. What could be more opposed than music? "The stillness of destroyed towns and murdered people," Zelensky stated.

"Our kids sketch swooping rockets rather than shooting stars." Over 400 youngsters were injured, and 153 perished, and we will never see them sketch again. Our parents are relieved to wake up in bomb shelters, but alive.

"Our loved ones are unsure whether we will ever be together again." "The conflict does not allow us to pick who lives and who perishes in perpetual silence," the President stated.

Zelensky captured the footage in a Kyiv bunker over the previous 48 hours. About two hours into the programme, the video announced John Legend's performance.

"Instead of tuxedos, our musicians wear body armour." In hospitals, they sing to the injured. Even to those who are deafeningly deafeningly deafeningly deafen But the song will still get through. We fight for our liberty. To be alive. To fall in love. To be heard.

The Recording Academy previously stated that it would work with Global Citizen, international education and advocacy organisation seeking to catalyse the movement to eradicate extreme poverty, and the 'Stand Up For Ukraine' initiative to give Ukraine a special segment.

"On our soil, we are fighting Russia, which uses its weapons to create terrible stillness." Fill the void with your song. Fill it out right now. Please tell our tale. Say the truth about the battle on social media and television. "But not silence," the President replied.

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