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Bon Jovi Shares Video of Ukrainians Listening to ‘It’s My Life’ While Prepping for Attack

Music can be a source of inspiration in the direst of situations as evident by a video of Ukrainians prepping for an attack on Odessa. The video shows Ukrainian citizens…

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Music can be a source of inspiration in the direst of situations as evident by a video of Ukrainians prepping for an attack on Odessa.

The video shows Ukrainian citizens filling and loading sandbags while Bon Jovi's hit "It's My Life" blares in the background. There's even a drummer on hand playing along to the empowering tune.

Bon Jovi retweeted the video from their Twitter account along with the caption, "This is for the ones who stood their ground... Odessa, Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini." The official Twitter account of the Ukrainian government responded with, "Thank you for the support!"

Billboard notes, "Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian citizens have been killed so far in the war, along with more than 1,500 injured as Russian forces continue to rain bombs down on the democratic nation that has been holding strong against Putin’s troops, who’ve so far failed to capture the capital Kyiv despite weeks of trying."

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Erica Banas is a news blogger who's been covering the rock/classic rock world since 2014. The coolest event she's ever covered in person was the 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. (Sir Paul McCartney inducting Foo Fighters? C'mon now!) She's also well-versed in etiquette and extraordinarily nice. #TransRightsAreHumanRights