To remind the world that the war is still going on, to commemorate those who left on the shield, and to support each other and everyone who keeps fighting Ukrainians will gather together in the place which will once again become the epicenter of Ukrainian spirit in Britain.
Dedicated to the third anniversary of full-scale invasion of Russian occupants in Ukraine, on Monday, February 24, 2025, in London, an official public event will be held.
From 6.30 pm, on Trafalgar Square, performances of British and Ukrainian politicians, civic leaders, and allies supporting Ukraine during three years will take place. And at 7.45 pm, in the heart of the British capital, a big live gig a popular Ukrainian band ANTYTILA will begin.
‘This event takes place when further international support is vital. It is held aimed to remind the world that the war in Ukraine is going on, and the struggle for liberty, justice, and victory does not stop. In past years, the event gathered from 5,000 to 7,000 participants, but this year’s event is to become even more massive and we’re sure that this event will prove it to everyone — to defend their state, the entire Ukrainian nation have stood up in different ways in different parts of the world and they keep standing,’ inform the organizers of the event.
Regarding music content of the demonstration, we’d like to remind that the members of the ANTYTILA band left the stage from the first days of full-scale invasion having become volunteer soldiers and started to discharge their civic and military duties as paramedics at the frontlines. Today, after having been withdrawn from the frontline, the band went back to musical activities and keeps telling the world their own story of resistance via their creative work, gathering tens of thousands of people and tens of millions of hryvnias for the Armed Forces of Ukraine at their gigs and doing whatever they can so that the topic of Ukraine kept being up-to-date in the world.
’We’re preparing a special big Ukrainian and English program for the Trafalgar because on the square, there will be not only Ukrainians of Britain, but also British people we can definitely call our ‘people’. This means that even though they had never had a Ukrainian passport and were born far from Ukraine, they’ve always had the values and principles that are common with the ones of Ukrainians. And from the very beginning of this unjust war, they keep standing side by side with Ukraine during the whole time spent in resistance, they keep supporting and donating sharing our struggle’, points out Taras Topolia.
It should be noted that ANTYTILA previously announced two big gigs in Liverpool and Cardiff that will take place on February 28 and March 2, accordingly. The objective of the planned gigs is not just to bring Ukrainian music to the place and for the people that need it and not just to rally the Ukrainian community of Great Britain around the events, but also to raise the funds to support the AFU which already is a tradition.
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The event is organized in collaboration with Support Ukraine, British-Ukrainian Aid Charity Organization, Association of Ukrainians in Great Britain, Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of the Holy Family of London, St. Mary’s Trust, Ukrainian Institute London, Association of Ukrainian Women in Great Britain, Plast (Ukrainian scouts), Ukrainian Youth Organization in Great Britain, Ukrainian Children SOS, Women Fight For UA, Ukrainian Students League, and many others.
The event takes place under patronage of the Embassy of Ukraine in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in collaboration with Ukrainian and British communities.