War reaches Ukrainian rock band Ziferblat even at Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision band Ziferblat of Ukraine sing their national anthem with Ukrainian people during a family meeting in a park in Basel as part of the 69th Eurovision Song Contest week in Switzerland (Martin Meissner/AP)

Ukraine’s musicians cannot escape war, even at the Eurovision Song Contest.

Rock band Ziferblat were in Basel, Switzerland, to represent their country when they learned that the home of backing singer Khrystyna Starykova in a frontline region of eastern Ukraine had been destroyed by Russian shelling.