Ukrainian police thwart thieves' attempt to steal one of Banksy's anti-war murals in Kyiv:
A group of suspects had cut the art out of the wall by the time authorities arrived on the scene.A child walks past a piece of graffiti art by Banksy in Ukraine. Photo courtesy of Banksy.
On December 2, the thieves cut the work from the wall of a destroyed and disused building that had been badly bombed when the city was captured by the Russians. The image shows a woman wearing a dressing gown with her hair in curlers. These signs of comfortable domesticity are jarringly juxtaposed with two accessories of war, a gas mask and a fire extinguisher.
The graffiti is undamaged and is with the law enforcement officers while the investigation continues.” Kyiv’s police chief, Andriy Nebytov, said that as many as eight people aged between 27 and 60 were suspected of having been involved in the attempted heist.that Banksy completed in several war-torn in Ukrainian cities in November. They are all now under police protection, according to Kuleba’s statement.
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