A Metro Vancouver mural showing support for Ukraine that was recently defaced was repainted by the artist this week.
after someone spray painted
"down with Ukraine's Nazis" on it late Friday night or early Saturday morning. A symbol used by Nazis in the Second World War was also painted on the mural. "It's extremely hurtful to the people in the neighbourhood who are Ukrainian and who are Jewish descent and so I'm going to continue creating art in support of Ukraine," Malcolm told CTV News Vancouver.has justified Russia's invasion of Ukraine as a "special military operation" meant to demilitarize and "de-Nazify" the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish and the country's government does not espouse neo-Nazi ideology. Putin's claims may be a reference to the far-right Azov Battalion, a national guard formation aligned with Ukraine that does hold neo-Nazi views.Once finished, the mural will have the words "stop war" over the Ukrainian flag.
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