A Ukrainian band is treating international audiences to their country's traditional folk music, spiced up with world music and some rap, with the stated aim of aiding the struggle against cultural "assimilation" of their country by its neighbour Russia.

Ukraine's DakhaBrakha ensemble starts the performance at the Parisian Cabaret Sauvage venue with the greeting "Good evening from free Ukraine", before singer Marko Halanevych, cellist Nina Garenetska, keyboardist Iryna Kovalenko and percussionist Olena Tsybulska launch into the evening's programme.