Famous British street artist Banksy appears to have confirmed that he is behind artworks that have recently appeared in Ukraine. Banksy, whose identity remains unknown, posted on Instagram on Friday night photos of street art in a damaged building, captioned “Borodyanka, Ukraine”. Borodyanka, a suburb of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, has been heavily bombed since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbor on February 24. The work shows a girl apparently standing with her hands on pieces of broken masonry on the gray wall of a war-torn house. Banksy posting work on his Instagram is usually interpreted as the artist claiming the work as his own. Other similar murals appeared around the city, sparking speculation that Banksy was working in Borodyanka. A mural shows a man resembling Russian President Vladimir Putin being beaten by a child during a judo match. Graffiti of a child throwing a man to the floor in judo clothes can be seen on a wall among destroyed buildings in Borodyanka [Ed Ram/Getty Images] Another mural depicts a woman as a rhythmic gymnast in a cord and neck brace waving a ribbon over a ruined building. The anonymous street artist has traveled to areas affected by war and conflict in the past, including the occupied West Bank and Gaza. Graffiti of a woman with a cord and a neck brace waving a ribbon can be seen on the wall of a damaged building in Irpin [Ed Ram/Getty Images] A fourth work has two children sitting on a metal tank trap, using it as a seesaw spray painted on a concrete defense block. Banksy rose to prominence around the city of Bristol in South West England in the early 1990s. In the past, his work has sold for millions of British pounds (dollars). In 2018, a work by the artist was cut into pieces as it sold for more than a million pounds ($1.8 million) at a London auction.
