Defiant Zelenskyy vows to host Eurovision in besieged city of Mariupol

Ukraine’s president said Eurovision will one day be hosted in Mariupol, the city currently besieged by Russian forces (AP)

Defiant Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed to one day host the Eurovision Song Contest in the embattled city of Mariupol, which is almost entirely in Russian hands aside from a stalwart group of a few hundred Ukrainian fighters who continue to hold out in a steel factory.

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the contest with its song Stefania, which has become a popular anthem among Ukrainians during the war, and its victory was a morale booster.