The president of Ukraine made an impassioned plea for help in his country's war against Russia at the Grammy Awards.
Speaking via pre-recorded video played at the event on Sunday evening, Volodymr Zelensky urged people to speak up and help his country amid the war currenting ongoing in Ukraine.
He said: "The war doesn’t let us choose who survives and who stays in endless silence," he told those in the audience and at home, as he urged people to "fill the silence with your music".
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As reported by The Mirror, John Legend then took to the stage to perform his new track Free, alongside Ukrainian singer Mika Newton and poet Lyuba Yakimchuk from the Donbas region. Both had only just fled from Ukraine.
In a poignant introduction to the stunning performance, Zelensky told the audience: "Tell the truth about this war on your social networks, on TV. Support us in any way you can, but not silence. And then peace will come.
"To all our cities the war is destroying - Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Volnovakha, Mariupol and others. They are legends already, but I have a dream of them living. And free. Free like you on the Grammy stage."
It comes after the President made a plea to the UK government for support as he addressed the struggle of the people of Ukraine.
"13 days of this struggle. On day one at 4:00 in the morning, we were attacked by cruise missiles. Everybody woke up. People, children, the entire of Ukraine. And since that, we have not been sleeping," he said as he spoke directly to UK parliament.
"We have all been fighting for our country with our army. On day two, we have been fighting air strikes and our heroic military servicemen on the the islands have been trying to fight when Russian forces demanded that we lay down the arms."
"However, we needed to continue fighting and we did. We did feel our force, the force of our people that oppose the occupants and until the end. The next day, the artillery started fighting us. Our army showed us who we are and we have been able to see who our people and who are best known," he added in the lengthy speech.
"We will fight till the end at sea. In the air. We will continue fighting for our land whatever the cost. We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets ... We are looking for your help, for the help of the civilized countries. We are we are thankful for this help and I’m very grateful to you, Boris."
