People stand next to a Banksy mural on a damaged building about to be demolished in Irpin, near Kyiv (Kiev), Ukraine, 18 April 2023. The two residential buildings were set to be demolished after being damaged by shelling amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. A section of one of the two buildings, with a mural created by British street artist Banksy and depicting a rhythmic gymnast wearing a neck brace, will be preserved. Irpin, along with other towns and villages in the northern part of the Kyiv region, were heavily shelled when Russian troops tried to reach the Ukrainian capital between February and March 2022. (Photo by Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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