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American band Imagine Dragons first visited Ukraine before the full-scale russian invasion. The Grammy nominees, and winners of the American Music, Billboard Music and World Music met an audience of over 50,000 people in Kyiv’s Olimpiyskiy NSC, during a 2018 concert.
Their second concert was scheduled for the 3rd of June 2022. However, it was indefinitely delayed when the full-scale invasion began.
“Our thoughts are with Ukraine and all others suffering from this needless war,” wrote the musicians on their Instagram. Frontman Dan Reynolds also called on his subscribers to help Ukraine however they can.
On the 23rd of July 2022, Imagine Dragons became official ambassadors of the UNITED24 platform, joining the fundraiser for C-type ambulances — thanks to these reanimobiles, medics are able to save even heavily injured people. Overall, the project, which was announced as part of the Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen, has raised over $6,000,000. With these funds, 92 vehicles were purchased and are already helping Ukrainian medics out in the field.
“We were incredibly moved. We're grateful to be ambassadors for UNITED24 & President Zelenskyy to focus on raising awareness and funds for medical aid for the beautiful people of Ukraine,”
said Imagine Dragons.
Other than that, the band has recorded an airplane announcement for the passengers of the Ukrainian airline SkyUp, which is currently operating across Europe. In their announcement, the band encouraged people to help Ukraine by donating. Imagine Dragons also helped bring the 24,000 Friends of Ukraine initiative to life and hold events to support UNITED24, such as concert ticket giveaways and signed guitars.
In the winter of 2022–2023, Imagine Dragons’ cinematographer Ty Arnold met a boy named Sashko from the village of Novohryhorivka in the Mykolaiv region while traveling across Ukraine. Ty filmed the boy’s story, which ultimately became the basis for the Crushed music video.
In August 2023, Sashko — who had never been abroad before, but had already witnessed war and lost his home due to russian shelling — attended an Imagine Dragons concert in Warsaw. The story of the 14-year-old deeply moved many people, and a UNITED24 donor, the Aurora retail chain, decided to rebuild his home.
Exactly one year after their first meeting, Sashko and Ty saw each other again — this time to celebrate Sashko’s housewarming in his newly rebuilt home.
During their Zoom call with the Ukrainian President, the musicians said that they dream of visiting Ukraine again soon. Who knows, maybe it’ll happen very soon indeed.
