Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will not be able to speak at the upcoming Eurovision 2023 ceremony, despite his request. Unable to organize the contest it won last year, due to the Russian invasion, Ukraine delegated the organization to the United Kingdom, which came second.
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU), the broadcasters' organisation that oversees the competition, said it had rejected his request on the grounds of "the non-political nature of the event" "It's definitely not a British show," says Tim Routledge, head of the UK's edition of Metro.