Singer Tina Karol said on Monday from Japan that she and her fellow Ukrainians will not give up defending their land and culture from Russian invasion and are determined to win the war and rebuild an even more beautiful country.
“My weapon is language and music,” Karol said in Tokyo as she concluded a weeklong visit to rally support for Ukraine. “My words are strong and my music moves emotions.”
“The biggest tragedy today is the deaths of children. The children had to close their short lives … For those children, a lullaby is not going to be sung,” she said and sang a passage of a Ukrainian song during the news conference.
Karol came to Japan at the invitation of Rakuten Group founder and CEO Hiroshi Mikitani, who first met her during his 2019 business trip to Ukraine.
ウクライナの歌手、チーナ・カーロリさん：「全世界にウクライナのことを忘れずに支援して頂きたいと訴えます。私の武器は言葉と音楽です」
ウクライナの歌手・カーロリさんは16日、会見を開き、「戦争の前線は一つではなく、文化的な前線で戦っている人もいる」と、音楽を通してウクライナの文化を発信することにより、自身も前線で戦っているとして歌を披露しました。 – ANNnewsCH
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