Live music offers soldiers respite from Ukraine trench life

AFP English

With bawdy songs and violin solos, a live concert near Ukraine's front line offers troops a chance to unwind and at least temporarily clear their heads of warfare. Performed by fellow soldiers, the intimate show is staged at a recovery centre for Ukraine's 23rd mechanised brigade in the eastern Donetsk region.

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00:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:09 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

00:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:28 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:31 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:35 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:38 [MUSIC PLAYING]

00:40 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

01:00 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:07 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:10 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:14 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

01:15 [APPLAUSE]

01:24 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

01:30 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:33 [APPLAUSE]

01:39 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:41 [SINGING IN RUSSIAN]

01:45 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

01:47 [APPLAUSE]

01:50 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

01:52 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:56 [MUSIC PLAYING]

01:59 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:03 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:06 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:09 [SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

02:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:17 [MUSIC PLAYING]

02:20 (whistling)

02:22 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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