Ukrainians Jam To Bon Jovi While Defending Odessa: Watch

ODESSA, UKRAINE — "This is for the ones who stood their ground."

It was a poignant, fitting introduction to a video that needed none. For a full minute, Jon Bon Jovi fans worldwide could feel great fortitude as they watched dozens of Ukrainians sing "It's My Life" while filling sandbags and preparing to defend Odessa against an invading Russia.

"This is for the ones who stood their ground… Odessa, Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini," Bon Jovi, a New Jersey native, wrote on Twitter.

In the video, Ukrainians are blasting Bon Jovi's song from a stereo while filling sandbags and tossing them into a dump truck. At least one man accompanied the song on a drum set.

Watch the video on Bon Jovi's Twitter account.

Odessa is the third most populous city in Ukraine and a major seaport on the Black Sea. It's located on the southwest edge of the country.

Military experts have said an attempt to capture Odessa, which has so far been spared the bombardment and fighting seen in coastal areas further east, is possible given its strategic and symbolic importance to Ukraine.

More than half of Ukraine's imports and exports move through the port, they told Reuters, and it is the last major city between Russian forces that have advanced past Kherson to the east and the border Ukraine shares with NATO member Romania to the west.