Banksy mural cut off battered Kyiv wall
07 December 2022 |
10:11 am
Police have arrested eight people who tried to cut a Banksy mural out of a wall. The world-renowned graffiti artist admitted last month to having painted a number of murals around heavily damaged areas in Kyiv.
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