and towing their vehicles away. it felt good, and it reinforced that belief that ukrainians had before the war, that they could win. [noise] with russia s special military operation stalled, putin resorted to an old and brutal strategy, flattening and destroying cities, to break the ukrainian spirit. he made an example of the city of mariupol. mariupol is an industrial city of 400,000 on the sea of azov. it lies 35 miles from the russian border. it is very quiet here. we stayed in mariupol for about three weeks. mariupol lies exactly in
operation stalled, putin resorted to an old and brutal strategy, flattening and destroying cities, to break the ukrainian spirit. he made an example of the city of mariupol. variable is an industrial city of 400,000 on the sea of azov. it lies 35 miles from the russian border. it is very quiet here. we stayed in mariupol for about three weeks. mariupol lies exactly in between russia and crimea. crimea has been an extra russia, meaning it is now russian territory, so it stands to reason that putin would want to create a land bridge that connects russian territory to russian territory. if he will build a land bridge from crimea to russia, then you
you could imagine that the morale boost that that gave to the ukrainian people, that this vaunted russian army was stuck by the road, and the ukrainians were coming up and mocking them, telling their vehicles away. it felt good, and it reinforced that belief that ukrainians had before the war, that they could win. with russia s special military operation stalled, putin resorted to an old and brutal strategy, flattening and destroying cities, to break the ukrainian spirit. he made an example of the city of mariupol. variable is an industrial city of 400,000 on the sea of azov. it lies 35 miles from the
are undefeatable. and that s for sure. so despite all of these devastations and all of these horrible things, the most important thing for me that is in my heart and in my memory is ukrainian spirit. and it s very high. i understand that you stopped performing in russia after the 2014 invasion. but you had performed in russia, your band had. a lot. . what is your message to russians who know you and know your music? frankly, i stopped thinking about giving messages. because when you see that the vast majority of russians support what their army and putin does in ukraine, i have little arguments left. it reminds me of behavior of german population during the nazi atrocities in europe.
missiles into kyiv at the moment. that s been in the last 15 20 minutes or so. in the last couple of hours i spoke to canada s foreign minister to ask her her reaction to the ongoing events in ukraine. 0bviously, what is happening in ukraine is extremely outrageous, and thatis ukraine is extremely outrageous, and that is why canada has joined its place to many nations, including the uk, the us to condemn them and place extremely important sanctions. but at the same time, i must say that we know well the ukrainian spirit. i was in ukraine a month ago. the ukrainian diaspora here is extremely vocal about the importance of supporting ukraine right now. and there is a very strong resolve, a very strong willingness on the part of ukraine to fight for their motherland. so that s always important to bear in mind when there