WAR IN UKRAINE – “I never thought that this song would be relevant again.” Since Russian tanks had been invading Ukraine since February 24, Sting decided to replay his track “The Russians” from his 1985 debut solo album, Dream of the Blue Turtles.
He wrote this name during the Cold War, when the world lived under the threat of a nuclear attack. Almost 40 years later, the singer decided to reimagine the song on his Instagram account on Saturday, March 5th.
“A call to our common humanity”
“I have sung this song very rarely in the years since it was written because I never thought it would be relevant again,” he explained before singing. “But in light of one man’s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful, non-threatening neighbor, the song is once again a call to our shared humanity.”
In this song, Sting sings about hope. The hope that the Russian people will not remain indifferent in the face of Soviet ideology and, in turn, decide to react,
“We share the same biology,
Regardless of ideology
Trust me when I tell you
I hope the Russians love their children too.”
Words that echo the news as Vladimir Putin’s forces lay siege to the port city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine.
Call for donations for refugees
With the help of this music, Sting called for donations to help Ukrainian refugees on the Polish border. Actress Mila Kunis and her husband Ashton Kutcher also released a kitten for refugees. More than 1.5 million refugees have already fled Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, the UN estimated on Sunday.
The singer also posted a message for peace on Instagram. “For the brave Ukrainians who are fighting against this brutal tyranny, and also for the many Russians who are protesting despite the threat of arrest and imprisonment. We, all of us, love our children. Stop the war.”
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