Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest
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Ukrainian rapper alyona alyona, left, and singer Jerry Heil hold the Ukrainian flag as they pose for the media before departing from the main train station in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2024. Ukrainian singer Jerry Heil, left, and rapper alyona alyona perform a song in Kyiv, Ukraine, April 25, 2024.
Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever.
Residents from Vovchansk and nearby villages wait for buses amid an evacuation due to Russian shelling, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location near the town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, May 10, 2024. Members of the Azov Brigade attend the funeral of their late comrade Nazary Gryntsevych, a Ukrainian soldier who was killed on the battlefield, in Vinnytsia on May 10, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.