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U2’s Bono Performs Freedom Concert In Kyiv Metro To Support Ukraine

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Bono (Paul David Hewson), Irish singer-songwriter, activist, and the lead vocalist of the rock band U2, Antytila (C), a Ukrainian musical band leader and now the serviceman in the Ukrainian Army Taras Topolia, and guitarist David Howell Evans aka 'The Edge' perform at subway station which is bomb shelter, in the center of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on May 8, 2022.
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U2 lead singer Bono and guitarist The Edge performed at a metro station in Ukraine’s capital of Kyiv on Sunday to support the nation as Russia continues its ongoing invasion.

“Your president leads the world in the cause of freedom right now … The people of Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you’re fighting for all of us who love freedom,” Bono told the audience inside the Khreshchatyk metro station, according to Reuters, referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“This evening, 8th of May, shots will ring out in the Ukraine sky, but you’ll be free at last. They can take your lives, but they can never take your pride,” he added.

The surprise concert came following an invitation to Bono by Zelensky, according to a Twitter post from U2’s verified account.

President @ZelenskyyUa invited us to perform in Kyiv as a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people and so that’s what we’ve come to do,” the account tweeted.

A Twitter account called “Good morning, Ukraine” posted a brief video from the performance alongside Ukrainian musical artist Taras Topola.

“Kyiv metro. Just the legendary Bono from the band U2 sings with Taras Topola. We are unbreakable. We are invincible. The whole world supports us. Glory to Ukraine!” it tweeted.

Bono also encouraged his audience by referring to his own nation’s conflicts in Ireland during the performance.

“The people in Ukraine are not just fighting for your own freedom, you are fighting for all of us who love freedom,” Bono stated.

“We pray that you will enjoy some of that peace soon,” he added.

U2 previously served as part of the Stand Up for Ukraine effort that led to more than $10.1 billion in grants and loans on behalf of the war-torn nation.

“The brave people of Ukraine are fighting for their freedom — and for ours — in the face of unspeakable violence and an unjust invasion,” U2 said last month. “More than 4 million people, mostly women and children, have had to flee for their lives — a population nearly the size of Ireland. World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukrainians now … those who are fighting and those who have fled … and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands.”

The event also took place just one day after Russian forces bombed a school that had been converted into a shelter in an eastern Ukraine village Saturday, leaving up to 60 people dead or missing.

The Daily Wire reported that rescuers were frantically digging through the rubble in Berestove Sunday, hoping to find survivors following the airstrikes.

The attack could prove to be one of the deadliest in the two-and-a-half-month invasion. Survivors told The Washington Post dozens of people were huddled in the basement of the Bilohorivka school when it was hit.

“There are only twelve of us left alive,” a patient told the newspaper from a hospital in the nearby town of Bakhmut.

“We’d been inside that basement for a month,” a 57-year-old woman told the Post. “We were eating dinner when it happened. We didn’t know what hit us.”

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