The War in Ukraine entered in the opening ceremony of Venice 79. entrata nella cerimonia d’apertura della 79ma Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica di Venezia. Volodymyr Zelensky, President of the country invaded by Russia last February 24 sent a surprising video message. Zelensky warned the audience not to commit «three dramatic mistakes: get used to the war, accept the war, forget the war». He then showed the list of the hundreds of Ukrainian babies killed in the war, followed by the emblematic quote, «To be continued?». «Being tired of the war», Zelensky ended, «means erase and forget those names. I’m confident that the civilized world will never do that».
Zelensky burst into the opening ceremony: «Don’t forget Ukraine»
