концерт Кобзона

Referring to Iosif Kobzon, a Ukrainian-born pro-Russian singer, who died on 30 August 2018. The leader of the pro-Russian Donetsk People's Republic, Alexander Zakharchenko, was assassinated the next day through a swift bomb explosion, that killed him instantly. It was then widely joked on the Ukrainian internet that he had followed the late Kobzon to a concert.

Repopularized following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in the generic sense "quick death of a Russian soldier".

• IPA^(key): [kɔnˈt͡sɛrt kɔbˈzɔnɐ]

конце́рт Кобзо́на • (koncért Kobzóna) m inan (genitive конце́рту Кобзо́на, uncountable) (idiomatic, slang, humorous, euphemistic)

1. "Kobzon's concert": a quick death for a Russian soldier fighting against Ukraine.

   відправили на концерт Кобзона ― vidpravyly na koncert Kobzona ― "sent to Kobzon's concert", killed quickly during war

• квито́к до Кобзо́на (kvytók do Kobzóna) (ticket to Kobzon)