He asked a popular Polish actor, Maciej Stuhr, to go on stage during the show to translate his warning that democracy was "in grave danger of being lost unless we defend it". The musician interrupted a concert at Warsaw's National Stadium in Poland on Saturday evening to warn his audience that democracy was under attack worldwide. Singer Sting has denounced the war in Ukraine as "an absurdity based upon a lie". Some 104,000 people have arrived in Britain after the government's Ukraine visa schemes were launched in March, including 31,300 under the family scheme, and 72,700 people under the Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme. Lord Harrington hailed the "limitless generosity and compassion of the British people", adding: "I cannot thank the British public enough for their steadfast goodwill in opening their doors to people from Ukraine and welcoming them into their communities." "This represents the UK's largest offer of help to people fleeing war since 1945."
The letter is expected to say: "You have saved lives, given hope, and offered sanctuary to people in desperate need.
Ukraine's ambassador to the UK Vadym Prystaiko and Refugees Minister Lord Harrington will send letters to households this week to praise them for contributing to "the UK's largest offer of help to people fleeing war since 1945".
Sponsors in the UK who have offered to home Ukrainian refugees amid the war will receive a letter of thanks from the Ukrainian and British governments.
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