Jamala, the singer who won the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest for Ukraine, has been forced to flee her country because of Russia’s invasion.
Since 24 February, the day military action began, the United Nations refugee agency confirmed that at least 500,000 refugees have fled the country.
It is believed to be the most extreme week of human flight within the European continent since at least the Balkan wars, which took place in the 1990s.
Among those is Jamala, the artist who took her country to Eurovision victory just six years ago with her song 1944. The 38-year-old posted about her choice to leave on 28 February in a lengthy message written in Russian.