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Ukraine’s Eurovision Song Contest band calls for end to war

By France24
08 April 2022   |   1:50 pm
In this edition of Encore!, we hear from the frontman for the group representing Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest as he calls for people across the world to protest Russia's invasion of his country. Kalush Orchestra's Oleh Psiuk was speaking from Israel, where the group have been rehearsing together for the first time since the war broke out.

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