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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy
appeared in a video message at the Grammy Awards to ask for support in telling
the story of Ukraine's invasion by Russia.
During the message that aired on the show Sunday, he likened the
invasion to a deadly silence threatening to extinguish the dreams and lives of
the Ukrainian people, including children.
Our musicians wear body armor instead of tuxedos. They sing to the
wounded in hospitals, even to those who can't hear them, he said.
But the music will break through anyway.
The Recording Academy, with its partner Global Citizen, prior to
the ceremony highlighted a social media campaign called Stand Up For Ukraine to raise
money and support during the humanitarian crisis.
Fill the silence with your music. Fill it today to tell our story.
Tell the truth about the war on your social networks, on TV, support us in any
way you can any, but not silence. And then peace will come to all our cities,
Zelenskyy said.
Following Zelenskyy's message, John Legend performed his song Free
with Ukrainian musicians Siuzanna Iglidan and Mika Newton, and poet Lyuba
Yakimchuk, as images from the war were shown on screens behind them.
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