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Two appeals that shaped the war's message
Summary
On 3 April 2022, a video address to a music awards ceremony and a Finnish NATO timetable pointed to the wider reach of the war.
What did the war in Ukraine look like beyond the front line on 3 April 2022? Two developments, one on that day and one a day earlier, show how far its reach extended.
On 3 April 2022, Zelensky addressed the Grammy ceremony in Las Vegas in a pre-recorded message. He urged those present to tell the story of the war and the truth about it, on social media and on television. The appeal was aimed at an audience far from the battlefield and asked it to help carry information about the war.
On 2 April 2022, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said a decision on Finland joining NATO had to be made before that summer. She said that Russia was not the neighbour Finland had thought it was. Her remark tied the question of NATO enlargement directly to Finland's changed view of its eastern neighbour.
Two audiences, one war
The two statements addressed different audiences. One was a cultural gathering asked to bear witness; the other was a government setting a timetable on security alignment. Together they show the war being discussed in entertainment and in European security policy.
