U2's Bono and The Edge carried out in a Kyiv bomb shelter following an invite from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday.

Amid Russia's widely-condemned invasion of Ukraine, a lot of the world, together with many celebrities, have rallied across the Ukrainians. The shock efficiency is the newest occasion of musicians coming collectively to point out assist for Ukraine because the battle continues.

"President @ZelenskyyUa invited us to carry out in Kyiv as a present of solidarity with the Ukrainian folks and so that is what we have come to do. -- Bono and The Edge #StandWithUkraine," the group tweeted Sunday morning on their Twitter account.

Movies of Bono, the band's lead vocalist, and The Edge, the band's lead guitarist, acting on a subway platform in Ukraine's capital metropolis have been shared on social media, which induced Bono to development on-line and amassed tens of hundreds of views.

One video options them singing a variation of the Ben E. King track "Stand by Me," the place they as a substitute sang, "Stand by Ukraine," alongside Ukrainian troopers.

U2's Bono, the Edge perform in Kyiv
U2’s Bono and The Edge carried out in a Kyiv bomb shelter following an invite from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday. Above, they're seen performing alongside a Ukrainian soldier. SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP by way of Getty Photographs

They carried out within Kyiv's Khreschatyk metro station, which has doubled as a bomb shelter because the invasion started on the finish of February.

"The folks in Ukraine are usually not simply preventing on your personal freedom, you're preventing for all of us who love freedom," Bono mentioned in the course of the efficiency, in line with French media outlet France 24. Bono additionally spoke of previous battle in Eire, the place the band first fashioned, including that the he and The Edge "pray that you'll get pleasure from a few of that peace quickly."

Whereas introducing the track "Angel of Harlem," Bono mentioned "there's nowhere in the entire world that we might slightly be in the present day than within the nice metropolis of Kyiv."

For the reason that invasion, U2 has proven solidarity with Ukraine, performing alongside artists like Bruce Springsteen and Kacey Musgraves within the Stand Up for Ukraine livestream final month, which was an effort to push world leaders to assist refugees from the nation, which has seen almost 6 million folks displaced globally.

The group has additionally tweeted out their assist for Ukraine, writing in March that "the Ukrainian persons are educating the remainder of the world appears to be like like, what freedom looks like, and most significantly what freedom acts like."

Within the wake of the invasion, a number of different celebrities have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to causes to assist Ukraine. Final month, Pink Floyd launched a brand new track "Hey Hey Rise Up," which options vocals from Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk. Proceeds supported the Ukrainian Humanitarian Reduction.

The efficiency additionally comes at a pivotal time within the battle, as Russia reportedly plans to strive to fully take over the important thing port metropolis of Mariupol on Monday, which is Victory Day in Russia. Nevertheless, preventing on the Azovstal metal plant within the metropolis has prevented Russian forces from doing so.