The Clash‘s ‘London Calling’ into a protest song against the Russian invasion – listen to ‘Kyiv Calling’ below.Ukraine has officially severed diplomatic ties with Russia, and declared martial law, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an attack on the neighbouring nation on February 24.
Since then, The United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has estimated that the conflict has claimed 1,900 civilian casualties.
The UN (via BBC) also estimates that there are nearly 1.85million internally displaced people within Ukraine.Three-piece band Beton’s new song was recorded in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Thursday and Friday (March 17-18).
It was mixed and mastered by Danny Saber, who worked with Clash frontman Joe Strummer prior to his death in 2002.The accompanying video for ‘Kyiv Calling’ features footage shot by the band’s family and friends of the war across Ukraine.
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