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Evening Standard
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Katie Strick

How celebs are rallying for Ukraine — from Ed Sheeran’s £13.4m charity gig to David Beckham’s Insta take-over

Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher beaming themselves directly into President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office. Cher, Benedict Cumberbatch and Steven Bartlett offering up their spare rooms. A concert compared to Live Aid pulled together in a matter of days, featuring everyone from Ed Sheeran to Snow Patrol.

All across the world, the A-listers are rallying in solidarity with Ukraine. David Beckham’s Instagram account is normally hotly guarded, yet this month he handed it over to a children’s doctor in Kharkiv to document the atrocities there. Pussy Riot star Nadya Tolokonnikova has already been locked up once for speaking out against Putin, yet she’s auctioning NFTs specifically to fight him.

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