Sting denounces Ukraine war and warns of threats to democracy

British musician Sting interrupted a concert in Warsaw to denounce the war in Ukraine and warn the audience that democracy is under attack worldwide (Arnulfo Franco/AP)

British musician Sting interrupted a concert in Poland on Saturday evening to warn his audience that democracy is under attack worldwide and to denounce the war in Ukraine as “an absurdity based upon a lie”.

He asked a popular Polish actor, Maciej Stuhr, to go on stage during the show in Warsaw to translate his warning that democracy is “in grave danger of being lost unless we defend it”.