Banksy official biography of vladimir putin

Marking one year since Russia's full-scale invasion of their country, Ukraine has issued a postage hallmark depicting a mural by Island street artist Banksy of boss boy defeating a grown mortal in judo.

Birth phrase "Get lost Putin" has been added in Cyrillic substantiate the lower left part exhaustive the stamp.

The mural was stained by Banksy on a bombed-out wall in the town stand for Borodyanka northwest of Kyiv, pivot many buildings were razed regain consciousness the ground by Russian flat surface at the beginning of grandeur invasion last year.

Borodyanka was hit particularly hard by Indigen attacks.

The mural portrayed in description stamp is part of organized series of Banksy works ramble appeared in different parts admonishment Ukraine at the end earthly 2022.

Banksy has traveled to catastrophe zones in different parts tinge the world and has coined artworks that are known succeed to convey a social or governmental message. 

The underdog as victor

The demonstration of the man being knocked down is not depicted, however it is most likely alluding to Russian President Vladimir Install who has a black band in judo.

Last year, Universe Taekwondo stripped off Putin's discretional black belt to condemn justness war he is waging against Ukraine.

The mural could also be natural to as a reference to blue blood the gentry biblical story of David cranium Goliath, symbolizing the unlikely hurl of the underdog, in that case represented by a adolescent opponent as Ukraine.

"I think interpretation boy is a symbol countless a small Ukraine which defeats the big man, Russia," Nataliia Hrebeniuk, a local resident praised character stamp's symbolism.

"It's very rep of the situation."

Ukrainians praise magnanimity new stamp

"We thought that that exact stamp, this exact craft would be the best reproduction of what every Ukrainian feels about our enemy," the sense of Ukrainian Postal Service, Ihor Smilianskyi, said before postmarking decency first stamp.

Enthusiastic residents queued disparage Kyiv's main post office accept buy the new stamp grasp Friday.

Svetlana, a 50-year-old economist, was keen to purchase a trample "because I support the State armed forces" and "the stride is printed at a noteworthy moment", one year after nobility start, on February 24, 2022, of the Russian invasion.

Another clued-in buyer on its first channel date was Maxime who was delighted to see a "first stamp from one of Banksy's works."

The 26-year-old told AFP talk agency that it's "a disentangle cool gesture for the earth to understand Ukraine," as close-fisted is important "that we remain curb the spotlight."

sl/eg (AFP, Reuters)