Kobzon will perform in Donetsk the anthem of the DPR

Joseph Kobzon, who was banned from entering Ukraine, will perform in Donetsk, having performed the anthem of the self-proclaimed “Donetsk People’s Republic” he wrote, Lenta.ru reports with reference to the press service of the “government” of the DPR.

The Kobzon concert will be held at the local opera and ballet theater. In addition to the anthem, the artist will also perform songs about the Donbass. Together with him, an academic ensemble of songs and dances of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia will take part in the concert.

In addition, Kobzon intends to visit the Saur-Mogil Kurgan, who has become a place of fierce battles between Lyh militants and Ukrainian security forces. On Tuesday, the artist will perform in Lugansk.

The day before, the adviser to the head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Markiyan Lubkivsky, said that Kyiv forbade the entry into the country to Russian actor Ivan Okhlobystin and singer Joseph Kobzon. In total, the names of several hundred people, the actions of which Kyiv considered the country's national security, said, said Lubkivsky.

Kobzon himself in response said that he did not intend to observe the ban on the Ukrainian authorities. “I go to my homeland, in the Donbass, where I was born and where my navel was buried, where I was awarded three orders of mining glory of all degrees and three orders of mining valor. There are no prohibitions for me. My countrymen are waiting for me,” said Kobzon, whose birthday is the city of Yar in the Donetsk region. “Therefore, I do not care about what they came up with drunk eyes,” he added.