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Idina Menzel Praises Young Girl Singing ‘Let It Go’ In Ukraine Bomb Shelter

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By Kristin Myers on March 8, 2022 at 2:00 PM EST

Singer Idina Menzel’s “Frozen” heart was warmed after watching a young girl in Ukraine singing her breakout hit song from the Disney animated film “Let It Go” in a bomb shelter in Kyiv.

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Idina Menzel Praises Young Girl Singing In Ukraine: ‘We See You’

The “Wicked” star reposted a video of the little girl singing with the comment, “We see you. We really, really see you. ??” She included a blue and yellow heart to indicate the colors of Ukraine’s flag. Although fans called for Menzel to meet this girl and sing the song together in Ukrainian, several others noted that the girl was actually singing in Russian.

The popular song won the 2014 Academy Award for Best Original Song and was on the Billboard Hot 100 for years following the movie’s 2013 release. Disney has since released the popular song in 42 different languages, including both Ukrainian and Russian.

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The video was first posted online by Marta Smekhova, who said that the young girl’s name is Amelia. The young aspiring singer has dreams of becoming a professional singer one day.

“Everyone put their business aside and listen to a song by this girl who was just beaming light,” Smekhova wrote on Facebook. “Even men couldn’t hold back tears.”

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Alleged Music Producer From Ukraine Wants To Send Proceeds To Ukraine

One person who claimed to be a music producer from the Netherlands saw her video and said that he would love to record a song and donate all the proceeds to the people of Ukraine.

“Hi little princess, i'm a music producer from the Netherlands. You have a beautiful voice. I will record a song or 2 or even a cd with you,” the user commented. “Every penny will go to the people of Ukraine. Let's get together, with you and your parents.! And keep on singing, everybody loves it!”

He later added, “? I'm in contact with the woman who's in contact with the parents..I'll do everything i can to make her sing in with the use of a phone.I'll use that recording for what i'm already working on. And she'll get out of that shelter as a happy, free, maybe even famous young girl❣️”

The post has gone viral online and has even reached the attention of “Star Wars” alum MarkHamill.

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Mark Hamill Shares Viral Video To Inspire Hope For Ukraine

The veteran actor retweeted Amelia's video for his 4.8M Twitter followers. “In the eyes of a child you will see the world as it should be?#HopeForUkraine ??,” he wrote in the caption.

“How wonderful is this,” one fan commented.

“Children are the real human beings,” another commented.

“What the h---! I was not prepared for the feelings this video would cause!” another shared. “Such innocence amidst the chaos and evil. This is what Ukraine is fighting to protect.”

“I sobbed when I watched this last night,” said another. “Such innocence in the midst of such evil.”

“Incredibly touching and sweet,” wrote another. “The purity of a single child shines during this unimaginable suffering in Ukraine. #StopPutinNOW”

Hundreds of Ukrainian civilizations are estimated dead after Russia invaded the country in late February and millions of Ukrainian citizens have fled their homes and sought refuge in other countries. Some have even taken to underground bunkers to escape the shelling of Ukrainian cities, such as the young girl in the video.

Citizens have been doing their best to try to fend off the Russian invasion, including Ukrainian actor Pasha Lee, who was killed while Russian military forces shelled the city of Irpin. He was only 33.

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