Ellie Goulding ‘stands in solidarity with people of Ukraine’ after First Ladies Summit

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Ukraine, which was hosted by Ukraine’s First Lady. The 35-year-old singer-songwriter joined the likes of former Good Morning Britain presenter Piers Morgan, who hosted the second annual event by Olena Zelenska, amid the ongoing war against Russia.

Writing on Instagram, Ellie shared her experience with her 14. 1 million followers. ‘This weekend I travelled as a guest of President Zelensky and the First Lady, Olena Zelenska to Kyiv to speak at the First Ladies Summit (and sing a little, somehow while I was there I learnt a beautiful and powerful song in Ukrainian, ‘Chervona Kalyna’) It has been one of the greatest honours. ‘I was determined to be there in person to pay tribute to the bravery and resilience of the Ukrainian People. ‘I was inspired by a number of people, but particularly a young #fridaysforfuture climate activist @ilyess_ek who I met at the Nature and Climate talks in Stockholm a few weeks ago.

Traumatised by the invasion of his country he nevertheless showed up at the UN talks determined to carry on his work. ’Ellie continued: ‘In fact every day as a @UNEP ambassador I am reminded of the immense contribution of Ukrianian climate scientists, renewable energy experts and environmentalists of all type. ‘They are living through a horrific war bankrolled by fossil fuels.

They somehow find the grit to keep going, working and campaigning for all of humanity. ‘So I always knew that if I got the chance, I would try to show up too.