"Lost, but not defeated": Imagine Dragons and a 14-year-old Ukrainian performed in Poland, holding their hand over their hearts

The American band Imagine Dragons, which released in May 2023 a music video for the composition Crushed about the destroyed house of 14-year-old Sasha from Mykolaiv region, performed in Poland with the main character of the video. The band's leader Dan Reynolds proclaimed a powerful speech, and the teenager went on stage with the flag of Ukraine.

After that, the group performed the composition, holding his hand over his heart. The photo appeared in Telegram United24, and the video was shared in TikTok (to see the photo and video, scroll to the end of the page).

The performance took place in Warsaw, where thousands of fans gathered at the band's concert. From the stage, the band noted that it is impossible to reconcile with the war in 2023.

"People are fighting for freedom, people are fighting for their home, people are fighting for their country, cities, villages. Here tonight is someone whose home was destroyed in Ukraine, wiped off the face of the earth. This is the reality tonight," Dan Reynolds began.

A Ukrainian man who told his tragic story to the world in a music video was invited to the stage. Now his house is slowly being rebuilt, and Imagine Dragons believe it speaks to the "beauty of humanity".

"No one deserves to have their home taken away, no one deserves to be sent to war in 2023. Let our leaders do something. We will stand together and this will end. The least we can do is tell stories of struggling people who have lost but not defetead," summarized Dan Reynolds.

To wild applause, Sasha brought the flag on stage and the band performed the song Crushed with his hand over his heart.

Earlier OBOZREVATEL wrote how the life of the teenager changed after filming in the clip, which saw millions of people. Read more about it - read at the link.

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