Individuals tried to steal this Friday a work by Banksy made in Ukraine to denounce the war.

The police managed to thwart the attempt and to preserve this work of the famous British artist painted with stencils in the suburbs of kyiv, announced the local authorities.

“In Gostomel, (…) they cut the work [made] on the wall of a house destroyed by the Russians”, announced the governor of the kyiv region, Oleksiï Kouleba, in a press release published on Telegram.

His social media post was accompanied by a photo showing a wall with part of the exterior cladding, orange paint, cut away.

This is where an individual wearing a gas mask, standing on a chair, had been stencilled.

According to Oleksiï Kouleba, "several people were arrested on the spot" by the Ukrainian police and "the drawing is in good condition and is in the hands of the police".


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Banksy's works under police protection

kyiv region police chief Andrii Nebitov said in a separate statement that "eight people have been identified".

“All of them are between 27 and 60 years old.

They are residents of kyiv and Cherkasy”, a city located 200 km southeast of the capital, he detailed on Telegram, adding that “a preliminary investigation for material damage had been opened”.



In mid-November, Banksy had posted a video on his Instagram account compiling his stenciled works in Ukraine, including that of an individual wearing a gas mask in Gostomel, thus confirming to be the author.

A number of his cartoons appeared in early November in kyiv and its surroundings.

"Banksy's works in the kyiv region are under police protection," said Oleksiï Kouleba in his press release.

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