A mystery mannequin of a masked airman with angel's wings, that was placed on the Portway in Bristol last week has fallen.
The mannequin had been stood up, leaning against a road sign on the inbound side of the A4 Portway, just before the Bridge Valley Road turning since last week, attracting baffled looks from drivers who went past.
But at some point on Monday, the motionless mystery masked mannequin has fallen and now lies, poignantly, on the grass verge at the side of the road.
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No one is quite sure who placed the figure there, but the mannequin itself was full of clues to the purpose - it was in solidarity with Ukraine, and called for Western powers to do more to stop Putin's Russian forces as they relentlessly bomb Ukrainian cities.
The mannequin was kitted out with an airman's flying suit, complete with boots, and had a 'No Fly Zone' sign attached to his legs. This was almost certainly an echo of a call made by Ukrainian President Volodomir Zelensky for NATO to enforce a 'no fly zone' over Ukraine, something that the US, Britain and other Western powers have declined to do, since it would ultimately mean having to shoot down Russian jets and probably lead to World War Three.
The figure is covered in symbols of support for Ukraine. The balaclava the figure wears doesn't hide its eyes, which have been painted in the blue and yellow colours of the Ukrainian flag, and as well as sporting a set of angel wings, the figure also has blue and yellow ribbons, and a Ukrainian flag badge stuck to the breast pocket of its jump suit, with the words 'Cheers Drive' written on it. Perhaps the badge wasn't big enough to be able to write 'Cheers Drive' in Ukrainian - which is дякую водієві, or 'Dyakuyu vodiyevi!' in the Latin alphabet.
Even the balaclava itself references Ukraine - the name comes from their use at the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War of 1854, referring to the town near Sevastopol in the Crimea, where British troops there wore knitted headgear to keep warm as they fought the Russians. We may not know who placed the mannequin there, but the intentions were clear - like the lighting up of City Hall in the Ukrainian flag colours earlier this month, it was a symbol of support for Ukraine, from Bristol.
