People hold signs at the anti-war concert "Sound for Peace", amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang
Some 10,000 people attended a concert in solidarity with Ukraine in Berlin on Sunday, police said, with the crowd waving Ukrainian flags or holding banners with slogans opposing the Russian invasion.
Gathering near the Brandenburg Gate, symbol of a divided Germany during the Cold War, many performers on the stage wore shades of blue and yellow, the colours of the flag. Musicians included Natalia Klitschko, a Ukrainian singer who is married to the mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko.
Jamala, a Ukrainian singer who won the Eurovision Song Contest with her song "1944" in 2016, was broadcast via videolink on a big screen, telling attendees that "music is a peaceful force".
People make peace signs with their hands, at the anti-war concert "Sound for Peace", amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang
"I think if all the musicians united it would be the strongest peace army in the world," she said to the crowd, listening under clear blue skies.
(Reporting by Reuters TV, Tom Sims; Editing by Hugh Lawson and Frances Kerry)
An anti-war t-shirt is worn by a mannequin at the concert "Sound for Peace", amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Christian MangPeople kiss at the anti-war concert "Sound for Peace", amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Christian MangNatalia Klitschko, Ukrainian singer and wife of Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, performs at the anti-war concert "Sound for Peace" against Russia's invasion of Ukraine, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, March 20, 2022. REUTERS/Christian Mang
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