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Joanna Plucinska and Kuba Stezycki

Kyiv Symphony's European tour marks 'cultural front' in Ukraine crisis

The Kyiv Symphony Orchestra performs in the first stop on a tour of Europe to bring attention to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Warsaw Philharmonic in Warsaw, Poland April 21, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

For Eleanora Tymoshenko, a music teacher from Balakliia, near Kharkhiv in Eastern Ukraine, and now a refugee in Warsaw, a night of Ukrainian music is food for her soul as she reflects on the conflict ravaging her home.

"Music supports a person morally, supports their spirit, the Ukrainian spirit, and gives the right to live and gives the right to ... win the war ..., defeat the enemy," Tymoshenko, 50, said as she entered the Warsaw Philharmonic concert hall.

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