'Kyiv calling, see we ain't got the planes, so clear our skies, stop the rockets of pain,' Beton sing in an appeal to the West to provide more aerial assistance.
"Kyiv calling, see we ain't got the planes, so clear our skies, stop the rockets of pain," Beton sing in an appeal to the West to provide more aerial assistance.The band are trying to raise money for the Free Ukraine Resistance Movement's non-military operations. Pic: BetonA Ukrainian punk band have sung"Kyiv Calling" as other musicians in the country swap"guitars for guns" following the Russian invasion.
Beton, which includes an architect, an orthopaedist and a businessman, recorded their version of The Clash's"London Calling" in a studio in the western city of Lviv.Warning: The band's video contains strong languageAdvertisement "Many Ukrainian musicians are now on battlefields or in territorial defence," said lead singer Andriy Zholob, adding that they have"changed guitars to guns".
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