"City of Mary" (Ukrainian: Місто Марії, pronounced [ˈmʲisto mɐˈrʲiji]), also known as "Misto Marii", is a 2022 single by Ukrainian band Okean Elzy.
[1] According to band frontman Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, a military friend of Vakarchuk, who was fighting in the Siege of Mariupol, requested that the band should make a song that paid tribute to the Ukrainian fighters defending the city.
Vakarchuk accepted, saying "it tears me from the inside every day when I read the news about Mariupol.
"[2] The song is dedicated to the Ukrainian fighters of the Siege of Mariupol.
The band sings about how Mariupol will stand against Russian attacks, no matter how fierce they are.