Volodymyr Zelenskyy has addressed Glastonbury – describing the festival as the “greatest concentration of freedom”.
A video message from the Ukrainian president was played ahead of The Libertines’ set at the Other Stage.
Mr Zelenskyy noted that the festival was resuming after a two-year break caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
He added: “We in Ukraine would also like to live the life as we used to and enjoy freedom and this wonderful summer, but we cannot do that because the most terrible has happened – Russia has stolen our peace.”
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The president vowed that his country “will not let Russia’s war break us” – and he wants to bring the invasion to an end before it “ruins people’s lives in other countries of Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America”.
Mr Zelenskyy told the thousands of people listening in the crowd to “spread the truth about Russia’s war” and support Ukrainians who are forced to flee…
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