Atlas United: Ukraine music festival back despite war

The organisers of the war-hit country's largest music event say they've missed the festival feeling.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessExecutive LoungeTechnology of BusinessWomen at the HelmFuture of BusinessInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceAI v the MindCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersAir strikes can’t stop the music at this Ukrainian festival2 days agoBy Andrew Rogers, BBC NewsbeatShareGetty ImagesBefore Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, the festival looked pretty much like any other big music event around the world. This was the main stage in 2019.How do you stage a music festival for 25,000 people when you're under threat from a potential Russian missile attack?

That's a question Vlad Yaremchuk has been trying to answer for the past few months.

He's the programme director of Atlas United, Ukraine's biggest music festival.

The event's due to return this weekend for the first time since Russia's full-scale invasion of the country in February 2022.

But it's not quite business as usual - this year's event has relocated to a shopping mall in case of an airstrike.

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