Today, June 3, on the 100th day of the war, singer Svetlana Loboda released her first song since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine called "

" The first days I just cried. My whole family, like hundreds of other families, got out of the burning Irpen. All my actions were aimed at saving them and helping those who needed it.. I lived through all the stories, including my personal one, every second since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and then “Prayer” found me,” Loboda said..

Together with the track, the premiere of the atmospheric black and white video for it took place.. Filming of the video sequence for " According to Svetlana, this is not a song, this is a statement:.

" Our Ukraine will certainly survive and flourish again. Our people will surely be happy in their land. " It was hard to start singing again. Very difficult. But music, like a thin strip of light, breaks through the darkest days.

We will still celebrate life on our beautiful land and we will sing songs not from pain, but from happiness.! "

In addition to the artist, 45 musicians from the Riga Orchestra participate in the video, a Ukrainian and Latvian team worked on the creation of the song and the video, the director was Indy Hite. The author of the video idea and the sound producer of the track is Loboda.

The location, the orchestra and many organizational moments were provided by Latvia absolutely free of charge as support for the Ukrainian creative team.