Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Saturday he was cancelling his appearance at the Eurovision Song Contest final in Kiev after a shelling attack in the war-torn east reportedly killed four civilians.
"I planned to be at the contest final with (my wife) Marina and invited our fighters and people with disabilities to support Ukraine," Poroshenko wrote on Facebook.
"However due to the shelling of Avdiivka and the death of peaceful civilians, I took a decision to cancel my presence at the Eurovision final."