Banksy appears to confirm responsibility for artwork on damaged building in Ukraine

Graffiti artist Banksy appears to have confirmed his presence in war-torn Ukraine after sharing a series of images of a mural that appeared in Borodyanka on his Instagram account< /p> Banksy has appeared to confirm he is in Ukraine after unveiling his latest artwork on Instagram (

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Graffiti artist Banksy has emerged to confirm responsibility for an artwork that appeared on the side of a building in war-torn Ukraine.

Speculation is rife that the anonymous artist visited the country after a series of murals appeared in the town of Borodyanka, near the capital Kyiv.

One of these murals depicts a man resembling Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin being knocked down by a youth during a judo contest, while a second shows two children using a metal tank trap as a seesaw.

This was, however, a third mural to which Banksy appears to have named after sharing three images of it on his Instagram account.

Graffiti of a child throwing a man to the ground in judo gear is seen on a wall amid damaged buildings in Borodyanka (

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The footage in question, which is simply captioned "Borodyanka, Ukraine", shows a gymnast balancing on her hands on top of an exploded building.

Borodyanka, located northwest of Kyiv, was one of the cities hardest hit by Russian shelling at the start of the...