Tens of thousands attend unity gig in Kyiv

Tens of thousands of music fans came together at Olimpiysky stadium in Kyiv to attend the 20th anniversary concert of Okean Elzy, one of Ukraine’s most successful rock acts. As unrest and violence continues to destabilise the east of the county the event became a call for unity and stability. The bands’ singer Svyatoslav Vakarchuk spoke of the situation in the east: “I never thought of us as of some revolutionary musicians. We don’t have special revolutionary songs. I think, things that don’t