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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ellie Iorizzo

Eurovision winner Jamala flees Ukraine while husband and family hide in Kyiv

AP

Ukrainian Eurovision winner Jamala has said she fled the country following Russia’s invasion while her “family, husband and friends” remain in a bomb shelter in Kyiv.

The singer, 38, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2016, has said the conflict in her native country is “really hard to understand because it’s insane.”

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