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"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 a crowd of up to 100 gathered inside
the Khreshchatyk metro station. He was referring to Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, pressing towards Kyiv before
withdrawing its forces from near the capital at the end of March
to concentrate its firepower on eastern Ukraine.
"I am grateful to [Bono, U2] for supporting our people and
drawing even more attention to the need to help our people,"
Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address.
Russia, which calls its action in Ukraine a "special military
operation", continues to carry out missile strikes across
Ukraine. However, some life has returned to Kyiv even though air
raid sirens sound regularly.
Bono rallied the crowd between songs during his performance.
"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 said.
(Reporting by Sergiy Karazy and Oleksandr Kozhukhar; writing by
Tom Balmforth and Lidia Kelly; editing by Susan Fenton and
Himani Sarkar)
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