Ukraine's Eurovision Song Contest winners on Tuesday said they are planning a tour of Europe to raise money for the army as it continues to put up fierce resistance more than 80 days after Russian forces invaded the country.
Members of the band Kalush Orchestra pose onstage with the winner's trophy and Ukraine's flags after winning, on behalf of Ukraine, the Eurovision Song contest 2022 on May 14, 2022 at the Pala Alpitour venue in Turin. Marco Bertorello/ AFP
KYIV — Ukraine's Eurovision Song Contest winners on Tuesday said they are planning a tour of Europe to raise money for the army as it continues to put up fierce resistance more than 80 days after Russian forces invaded the country.giving their compatriots a much-needed morale boost. Frontman Oleh Psiuk told a televised news conference in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv that the band would soon announce on Instagram where it would tour.Psiuk said he hoped Ukraine would host Eurovision next year and thanked the defenders of the besieged Azovstal steel works in the southern city of Mariupol for their courage in holding out for so long.
Fighters in the last stronghold in Mariupol have started to surrender, but a Ukrainian presidential adviser said their defiance had changed the course of the war. Bookmakers had made Kalush Orchestra clear favorites in Eurovision. Their song "Stefania" that fuses rap with traditional folk music was lying fourth after national juries voted, but stormed into top spot thanks to a record score during voting by viewers.
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