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A Melb Mural Was Hastily Removed After Ukraine Community Slammed It As ‘Utterly Offensive’

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A large-scale mural on a building in Melbourne has been taken down by the artist after the Ukraine ambassador to Australia slammed it as “utterly offensive to all Ukrainians”. The mural in South Melbourne titled Peace Before Pieces depicted a Russian solider and Ukrainian solider hugging, which Ambassador Vasyl Myroshnychenko
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Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations’ Stefan Romaniw told The Age the huge public outcry to remove the artwork showed Australians’ overwhelming support of Ukraine.
“We all want the war to end, but there’s an aggressor here and you can’t put the aggressor and Ukrainians who are fighting on their home soil in the same categories,” he said. “The strongest message out of this is that Australians stand with Ukraine, and they won’t tolerate soft politics.”

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