Hello and welcome to Marshall Matters with me, Winston Marshall, at The Spectator.

This week I had rather a different kind of interview.

Last night, I spoke Sviatslav Vakachuk.

Svietslav is the lead singer with Akian Elsa, Ukraine's biggest band.

He's a household name and an artist who fills stadia across Ukraine and beyond.

In 2014, the band broke the record for the biggest concert in his home country, of 75,000

attending their show at the Olympski Stadium.

Vyatislav's talents go far beyond music.

He has a PhD in theoretical physics. He was the first person to answer every

question correctly on Ukraine's version of who wants to be a millionaire. He's a philanthropist

and a social entrepreneur. Bakatschuk's career has dipped in an hour of politics. In 2019, he founded

Hollos, or Voice, a pro-European liberal political party.

Soon after, he was elected to Parliament and served there for a year.

Even in normal circumstances, it would be an honour to speak with this man.

But these aren't normal circumstances.

When we spoke, it was the 11th day since Russia had invaded his country in what has been and continues to be a brutal and bloody war.

Thank you so much, Mr. Bakachip, for taking the time in this unbelievable time to speak with me. Thank you so much Mr. Bakachuk for taking the time in this unbelievable time to speak with me.

Thank you.

Of course, now speaking to you, this is the 11th day of conflict since Russia's invaded your country.

Where are you and what can you tell us about those 11 days?

Today is my, I would, I don't know, I cannot say anything about war in terms of working days and day offs,

but it happened to, I happen to come back to my native city of Louis to visit my mom because today would be my dad's birthday if it would

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