The singer denounced the war in Ukraine as “an absurdity based upon a lie.”
Stingshared an urgent political message during a concert in Warsaw, Poland on Saturday.
The performer warned that democracy is “in grave danger of being lost unless we defend it.”
Sting warns of threats to democracy during Warsaw concert .LAURENT GILLIERON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
“The alternative to democracy is a prison, a prison of the mind.
The alternative to democracy is violence, oppression, imprisonment and silence,” he added.
More Ukrainians displaced from the conflict have begun to reside in Poland than any other nation.
“The war in the Ukraine is an absurdity based upon a lie,” he continued.
“If we swallow that lie, the lie will eat us.”
The star was met with thunderous applause during the event, held at Warsaw’s National Stadium.
During a July concert at the Chateau de Chambord in France, he dedicated the song to Ukraine.
