Live blog from Sunday ++ Selenskyj landed in Berlin ++

According to his own statements, the Ukrainian President Zelenskyj arrived in Berlin during the night. Russia bombed the hometown of the Ukrainian ESC participants – while the competition was going on in Liverpool. All developments in the live blog.

The hometown of Ukrainian music duo Tvorchi, who represented their country in this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, was hit by Russian attacks on the night of the competition. The western Ukrainian city of Ternopil “was bombed by Russia while we were singing,” Tvorchi told Instagram minutes after her performance in Liverpool. A representative of the city’s military administration carried out the attacks. Accordingly, two people were injured by shrapnel.

Last year, the Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the ESC with their song “Stefania”. Due to the ongoing Russian war of aggression, last year’s winning country could not host the ESC as usual. So second-placed country Great Britain stepped in and hosted the show in the north-west English port city of Liverpool

The Ukrainian President landed in Berlin during the night. Selenskyj announced this on Twitter and at the same time praised the newly launched armaments package for his country. The exact program of the President’s visit is not yet known – it is certain that Selenskyj will be awarded the Aachen Charlemagne Prize.

During a visit to the Vatican, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy urged Pope Francis to condemn Russian war crimes. Ukraine reports injuries from Russian drone strikes in the west.