Ukrainian pop star details escape from war to US to use her voice: 'The war must be stopped'
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Oleksandra Zaritska woke up to a phone call on February 25 at 5 a.m. On the other end of the line was her mother informing her Russia's war on Ukraine had begun. From there, her "big" – and brave – journey from Kyiv to the United States would begin.
Sasha was the lone member of her band to flee Ukraine and travel to the United States to perform at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. The 29-year-old performer arrived in Austin last week admittedly in a "bad mood" over the state of her war-torn country, and the fact that she was without her bandmates, consisting of three females currently in Kyiv, and three men who have no choice but to stay in Ukraine to help their country.
"It was a long journey," Sasha told Fox News Digital in a phone interview from New York City on Tuesday.
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