Posted on May 16, 2023
Russia attacked the hometown of Ukraine's Eurovision band just before its performance
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"As the Ukrainian band Tvorchi prepared to take the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, on Saturday, its members learned Russian missiles had just hit their hometown."
"As the Ukrainian band Tvorchi prepared to take the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest in Liverpool, England, on Saturday, its members learned Russian missiles had just hit their hometown."
Russia attacked the hometown of Ukraine's Eurovision band just before its performance
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LTC Eugene Chu
..."Ukrainian producer Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigerian-born vocalist and songwriter Jeffrey Kenny, who make up the electronic music duo Tvorchi, are based in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil.
City officials in Ternopil later confirmed that two people were injured in the attack, according to Reuters.
Tvorchi referenced the missile strike in Instagram posts before and after their performance of "Heart of Steel."
"Ternopil is the name of our hometown, which was bombed by Russia while we sang on the Eurovision stage about our steel hearts, indomitability and will," they wrote. "This is a message for all cities of Ukraine that are shelled every day. ... Europe, unite against evil for the sake of peace!"
Hutsuliak and Kenny wrote "Heart of Steel" last spring as they watched Ukrainian fighters defending the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, an experience they told NPR about in February.
"It's a song about unbreakable people who [no matter] how bad the situation happened in their life, it doesn't stop them," Hutsuliak said from Ternopil via Zoom.
Russia has not said it targeted the city because of the competition.
Last year, after Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision, reports surfaced of handwritten messages on Russian missiles referencing the band's onstage calls for aid. "Kalush, as you requested! To #Azovstal," reads the translation of a message on one of the reported missiles."...
..."Ukrainian producer Andrii Hutsuliak and Nigerian-born vocalist and songwriter Jeffrey Kenny, who make up the electronic music duo Tvorchi, are based in the western Ukrainian city of Ternopil.
City officials in Ternopil later confirmed that two people were injured in the attack, according to Reuters.
Tvorchi referenced the missile strike in Instagram posts before and after their performance of "Heart of Steel."
"Ternopil is the name of our hometown, which was bombed by Russia while we sang on the Eurovision stage about our steel hearts, indomitability and will," they wrote. "This is a message for all cities of Ukraine that are shelled every day. ... Europe, unite against evil for the sake of peace!"
Hutsuliak and Kenny wrote "Heart of Steel" last spring as they watched Ukrainian fighters defending the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, an experience they told NPR about in February.
"It's a song about unbreakable people who [no matter] how bad the situation happened in their life, it doesn't stop them," Hutsuliak said from Ternopil via Zoom.
Russia has not said it targeted the city because of the competition.
Last year, after Ukrainian folk-rap group Kalush Orchestra won Eurovision, reports surfaced of handwritten messages on Russian missiles referencing the band's onstage calls for aid. "Kalush, as you requested! To #Azovstal," reads the translation of a message on one of the reported missiles."...
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Russia doesn't understand how pop culture drives public opinion. They are literally backing themselves into a corner when it comes to public opinion. I honestly think that they WANT to escalate.
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