Banksy has painted a mural on a bombed-out building outside Ukraine's capital in what Ukrainians have hailed as a symbol of their country's invincibility
The image of a gymnast performing a handstand amid the ruins of a demolished building in the town of Borodyanka northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.BORODYANKA - Banksy, the elusive British street artist, has painted a mural on a bombed-out building outside Ukraine's capital, in what Ukrainians have hailed as a symbol of their country's invincibility.
On Friday night the world-famous graffiti artist posted on Instagram three images of the artwork -- a gymnast performing a handstand amid the ruins of a demolished building in the town of Borodyanka northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.Together with towns such as Bucha and Irpin, Borodyanka was severely hit by Russia's bombardments and became a symbol of the devastation wrought by Moscow's offensive since February.
A number of murals in he style of Banksy have appeared in and around Kyiv prompting Ukrainians to think that the street artist might be working in the war-ravaged country.Another graffiti in Borodyanka -- its origin unconfirmed by the artist -- shows a little boy throwing a man wearing a judo uniform to the ground.
The scene could be a possible reference to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who is a martial arts enthusiast. "It is a small boy against an old man and he is defeated, he's already defeated," Bogdan Mashay, a 30-year-old Ukrainian TV journalist, told AFP near the artwork.On the side of a ruined building in Irpin, a third mural -- also unconfirmed by Banksy -- shows a gymnast performing a ribbon routine despite apparently being hurt and wearing a neck collar.
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