“The silence of ruined towns and killed folks. Our kids drew swooping rockets, now not capturing stars,” he stated. “Over 400 kids were injured and 153 kids died. And we will be able to by no means see them drawing.”
He tied that to the tune trade’s greatest night time by way of pronouncing, “The warfare does not allow us to make a choice who survives and who remains in everlasting silence.”
“Our musicians put on frame armor as an alternative of tuxedos,” he stated.”They sing to the wounded. In hospitals.”
He added that “the tune will smash via anyway” and spoke of his nation protecting its freedom “To are living. To like. To sound.”
Zelensky implored the ones being attentive to “Inform the reality about warfare. To your social networks. On TV. Reinforce us by any means you’ll be able to. Any. However now not silence.”
“After which peace will come. To all our towns the warfare is destroying,” he stated. “Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Volnovakha, Mariupol and others. They’re legends already. However I’ve a dream of them residing. And unfastened. Unfastened such as you at the Grammy degree.”
His speech used to be adopted by way of a efficiency of “Unfastened” by way of singer John Legend, who as joined by way of Ukrainian artists Mika Newton, Lyuba Yakimchuk and Siuzanna Igidan.
