Brad Paisley pens country song featuring Ukraine's Zelenskyy

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A year ago, country star Brad Paisley watched the news on television as Russian troops invaded Ukraine and, like many people around the world, he felt helpless at the images of people fleeing their homes.

“The world felt like it was in a new place that it hadn’t been in decades," the three-time Grammy winner recalls.

On Friday, the one-year anniversary of the war's start, Paisley is releasing a new song called “Same Here," featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking proudly about his country and people.

The song is Paisley's first from his new record, “Son of the Mountains,” to be released later this year on Universal Music Group Nashville.