Ukraine Crisis
Ed Sheeran teams up with Ukrainian pop group on the frontline
A Ukrainian pop group who asked to be part of a star-studded charity benefit for Ukraine has collaborated with Ed Sheeran
Now the pop group has teamed up with Ed Sheeran, releasing a new song partly filmed and recorded whilefighting in the war against Russia.
Antytila are one of the biggest musical acts in Ukraine.
The pop stars had to stopped working to join the military but manged to record a song to help the people of Ukraine financially.
The lead singer says the lyrics were created while he was serving as a medic on the front line in west of Kyiv.
After writing the lyrics, members of the group were also able to film while on the frontline in Kharkiv.
![Ed Sheeran – 2step ft Antytila [Official Video]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OJ2B4Fb7xQQ/hqdefault.jpg)
The group went viral earlier this year after they posted a video offering to perform via live link at a concert for Ukraine in Birmingham.
Organisers of the concert, which featured Ed Sheeran, turned down the offer because of the group’s association with the military.