{"id":14235,"date":"2024-01-14T15:04:08","date_gmt":"2024-01-14T15:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14235"},"modified":"2024-01-14T15:04:08","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T15:04:08","slug":"banksy-unveils-ukraine-mural-in-town-bombed-by-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14235","title":{"rendered":"Banksy unveils Ukraine mural in town bombed by Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mpu-plus-native-top\" data-ad=\"mpu-plus-native-top\" class=\"ad-mpu-plus-native-top ad-wrapper \" data-ad-unit='\"mpu-plus-native-top\"'>\n    <\/div>\n<p>Banksy, the elusive British street artist, has painted a mural on a bombed-out building outside Ukraine&#8217;s capital, in what Ukrainians have hailed as a symbol of their country&#8217;s invincibility.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday night, the world-famous graffiti artist posted on Instagram three images of the artwork &mdash; a gymnast performing a handstand amid the ruins of a demolished building in the town of Borodyanka northwest of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>The caption read &#8220;Borodyanka, Ukraine.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Together with towns such as Bucha and Irpin, Borodyanka was severely hit by Russia&#8217;s bombardments and became a symbol of the devastation wrought by Moscow&#8217;s offensive since February.<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>The town was briefly occupied by Russian forces before they withdrew in April.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a symbol that we are unbreakable,&#8221; 32-year-old Oleksiy Savochka told AFP on Saturday, referring to the graffiti. &#8220;And our country is unbreakable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"leader-plus-outstream-middle\" data-ad=\"leader-plus-outstream-middle\" class=\"ad-leader-plus-outstream-middle ad-wrapper \" data-ad-unit='\"leader-plus-outstream-middle\"'>\n    <\/div>\n<p>A number of murals &mdash; in the style of Banksy &mdash; have appeared in and around Kyiv prompting Ukrainians to think that the anonymous street artist might be working in the war-ravaged country.<\/p>\n<p>Another graffiti in Borodyanka &mdash; its origin unconfirmed by the artist &mdash; shows a little boy throwing a man wearing a judo uniform to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The scene could be a possible reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is a martial arts enthusiast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a small boy against an old man and he is defeated, he&#8217;s already defeated,&#8221; Bogdan Mashay, a 30-year-old Ukrainian TV journalist, told AFP near the artwork.<\/p>\n<div id=\"leader-plus-inc4\" data-ad=\"leader-plus-inc\" class=\"ad-leader-plus-inc ad-wrapper \" data-ad-unit='[\"leader-plus-inc\",4]'>\n    <\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s unbelievable that Banksy is here in Borodyanka,&#8221; 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On Friday night, the world-famous graffiti artist posted on Instagram three images of the artwork &mdash; a gymnast performing a handstand amid the ruins of a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/onhee.com\/?p=14235\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Banksy unveils Ukraine mural in town bombed by Russia&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onhee.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}