“The silence of ruined cities and killed folks. Our youngsters drew swooping rockets, not taking pictures stars,” he mentioned. “Over 400 youngsters have been injured and 153 youngsters died. And we are going to by no means see them drawing.”
He tied that to the music business’s greatest evening by saying, “The struggle would not allow us to select who survives and who stays in everlasting silence.”
“Our musicians put on physique armor as an alternative of tuxedos,” he mentioned.”They sing to the wounded. In hospitals.”
He added that “the music will break via anyway” and spoke of his nation defending its freedom “To stay. To like. To sound.”
Zelensky implored these listening to “Inform the reality about struggle. In your social networks. On TV. Help us in any means you possibly can. Any. However not silence.”
“After which peace will come. To all our cities the struggle is destroying,” he mentioned. “Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Volnovakha, Mariupol and others. They’re legends already. However I’ve a dream of them residing. And free. Free such as you on the Grammy stage.”
His speech was adopted by a efficiency led by singer John Legend and several other Ukrainian artists of Legend’s track “Free.”