Ukraine's President Zelensky makes surprise appearance and powerful speech at Grammys

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President Zelensky made a surprise appearance at last night’s Grammys amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine after Russia invaded the country in February.

Zelensky recorded his message just 48 hours before the star-studded event, and the clip saw him address the war before introducing John Legend to the stage. “The war.

What’s more opposite to music.The silence of ruined cities and killed people,” he said in the emotional message. “Our loved ones don’t know if we will be together again.The war doesn’t let us choose who survives and who stays in eternal silence. “Our musicians wear body armour instead of tuxedos.They sing to the wounded.

In hospitals. Even to those who can’t hear them but the music will break through anyway.” He continued: “We defend our freedom to live, to love, to sound. “On our land we are fighting Russia, which brings horrible silence with its bombs.The dead silence.” Zelensky then went on to say that they “fill the silence” with music, before John, who dressed in the blue of Ukraine's flag, performed his song Free alongside Ukrainian artists Mika Newton, Lyuba Yakimchuk and Siuzanna Igidan.