The scene in this country’s capital was celebratory: Television crews filmed musicians as they released balloons with countries’ flags attached, the city’s onion domes visible in the distance. Up a hill, pop celebrities walked a red carpet more than two football fields long in front of bemused onlookers.
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Staff members test the stage at the International Exhibition Centre in Kyiv on April 28, ahead of the 2017 Eurovision song contest that will be held in the Ukrainian capital from May 9 to 13.
