Video of a Ukrainian girl singing “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen in a bomb shelter in Kyiv reached Idina Menzel after it went viral online.
The 50-year-old singer, who played Princess Anna in the Disney movie and contributed her vocals to the hit soundtrack, took part in Twitter on Monday to share the video and thank little Amelia for her touching performance.
Idina wrote: “We see you. We really, really see you next to the blue and yellow heart emojis honoring the Ukrainian flag.
Moving: A video of a Ukrainian girl singing “Let It Go” from Disney’s Frozen in a bomb shelter in Kyiv reached Idina Menzel after it went viral online.
The song was originally recorded for the soundtrack of the animated Disney film Frozen, won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, and peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.
In 2014, Disney released a collection of 42 foreign-language versions of the song, including translations into Ukrainian and Russian.
A video of Amelia has gone viral as Ukrainian forces continue to fight back against the Russian invasion.
It was first published on facebook on Thursday, Marta Smekhova, who says she filmed it with the permission of the girl’s mother.
Broadway star: The 50-year-old singer, who played Princess Anna in the Disney film and contributed her vocals to the hit soundtrack, took to Twitter on Monday to share the video (pictured 2020)
Touching: Video of Amelia goes viral as Ukrainian forces continue to fight back Russian invasion
“From the first word in [bomb shelter] there was complete silence … everyone put their affairs aside and listened[ed] to the song of this girl who simply radiated light … even men could not hold back their tears, ”Smekhova wrote.
It is not clear when the video was filmed or where the shelter is located in Kyiv.
The footage has been shared 99,000 times on Facebook. It was posted on various social networks, with each version gaining tens of thousands of views.
In the video, Amelia performed a version of “Let It Go” for those taking shelter in the bunker. Some lay on the floor, others stood or sat around Amelia and recorded her performance on their phones.
Let It Go: In 2014, Disney released a collection of 42 foreign-language versions of the song, including translations into Ukrainian and Russian.
Emotional: Video of Amelia’s performance was first posted on Facebook on Thursday by Marta Smekhova, who says she stopped by to help decorate the orphanage.
When Amelia finished, the crowd burst into applause.
‘Bravo! Bravo!’ one voice exclaimed as the bashful, ruddy Amelia clasped her hands in front of her face.
Smekhova said she filmed a girl, whose age is unknown, while visiting a bomb shelter in Kyiv.
“When I saw in one of the Kiev bomb storages how children draw bright pictures in the twilight, I, of course, could not silently pass by … I stopped, praised, offered to make a small exhibition in order to somehow decorate this not very happy place,” she wrote, according to a translation of her Facebook post, which was written in Ukrainian.
Moved to tears: mob at orphanage watching little girl and recording performance on their phones
Powerful: Martha detailed her encounter with Amelia in a Facebook post on Thursday. She noted the video’s impact, adding, “Look, Russians, who you’re fighting against!”
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has “significantly slowed down” as “demoralized” troops are taking heavy casualties, Kiev commanders said, forcing Putin’s men to resort to indiscriminate attacks on civilians that have killed and wounded several children overnight.
Dmitry Zhivitsky, who heads the military administration in the besieged eastern city of Sumy, said airstrikes hit civilian areas shortly after 11 p.m. Monday night, killing 18 people, including two children, and injuring several others. said he was injured in the attack.
The image came after Russia said it would reopen “humanitarian corridors” to allow civilians to flee shelled cities, including Sumy, but the offer had already been rejected by Kiev, with President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of “cynicism,” saying, that its troops planted mines on routes and blew up buses intended for use as transport.
The Ukrainian military, giving an overview of the fighting as the war enters its 13th day, said Russia’s advance had “significantly slowed down,” even though US intelligence says Putin is currently engaged in “100 percent » forces that he gathered at the border without engaging in battle. significant territorial gains since the end of last week.
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