Since the end of February, the world has been watching almost helplessly Russia’s assault on Ukraine. Already many deaths are to be deplored but Vladimir Putin does not seem to want to stop the hell that he is causing to live for the Ukrainians or his soldiers. Fighters, most of whom say they are against the conflict, like some Russians. On the side of Ukraine, the inhabitants try to flee the country to avoid the disaster but some prefer to stay where they grew up and keep their memories, like the family of the singer Raphaël.
A few days ago, the companion of Mélanie Thierry was already speaking on this subject. By letting his subscribers know that he had “found the diary” of his grandmother Vala. The artist took the opportunity to read certain passages of his story to Internet users. By mentioning in particular “his heartbreaking departure from Odessa in the 1920s, the long separations, the Russian army, the war in the 1920s”. Before continuing: “Our own twenties, this coming tremor, the eternal return of history”. Raphaël then allows himself to give his vision of the conflict and what he thought of Vladimir Poutine: “I am thinking of all those people crushed by Putin’s absurd war! To their courage! To President Zelensky, a mensch as we say in our country, to those who are dear to me, who are still in Odessa, who will not leave! Stop to the war in Ukraine!”.
But this Wednesday, March 16, the singer gave new information by answering Nagui’s questions on the show “La Bande Originale” on France Inter. The host recalls that the artist’s family lives in Odessa, one of the cities most threatened by the war. “It’s terrible, we are very helpless”he regretted very moved before concluding: “Me, I still have cousins over there, whom I tried to contact. But hey, they want to stay there, because it’s their city”. Hoping that his family manages to come out unscathed from this chaos…
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