U2's Bono puts on 'freedom' show in Kyiv metro

(From left) Bono, Antytila, a Ukrainian musical band leader and now the serviceman in the Ukrainian Army Taras Topolia, and guitarist The Edge perform at subway station which is bomb shelter, in the centre of Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on May 8, 2022. Photo: AFP

Irish rock star Bono praised Ukraine's fight for "freedom" during a performance in a metro station in downtown Kyiv Sunday (May 8), where the U2 frontman also issued his own prayer "for peace".

From the platform of a Kyiv metro station, the 61-year-old rock icon belted out U2 classics Sunday Bloody Sunday, Desire and With Or Without You.