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Hello, it's 13 days since Russian forces invaded Ukraine

and as they continue their advance,

Ukrainians have been putting up pretty staunch,

fighting resistance, both military and civilians really.

And just to start off with,

I wanted to get into that sort of resistance spirit

through, well, have a listen to this.

This is the tune of Nietzsche Jaka Misično,

which I think translates as what a moonlit night.

It's a traditional Ukrainian song,

it's composed by Mikhail Aliysenko,

but here it's being played by a young violinist and teacher.

Her name is Vera Litovcienko

and she's playing to her fellow Ukrainians, civilians,

as they stay in a bomb shelter in Kharkiv.

You may have also seen this online.

It's a little girl singing Let It Go from the film Frozen

in a shelter in Kiev.

And one more kind of optimistic moment,

amid all the horrors at a military checkpoint,

just outside Kiev.

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