December 5, 2022 Russia-Ukraine news

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Updated 1:06 a.m. ET, December 6, 2022
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3:12 a.m. ET, December 5, 2022

Ukrainian police arrest group suspected of trying to steal Banksy mural

From CNN's Radina Gigova, Yulia Kesaieva and Sophie Tanno

The wall of a damaged building from where a group people tried to steal a work of the famous British artist Banksy in the town of Gostomel, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 3.
The wall of a damaged building from where a group people tried to steal a work of the famous British artist Banksy in the town of Gostomel, near Kyiv, Ukraine, on December 3. (Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images)

Authorities in Ukraine have detained a group of people who allegedly tried to steal a mural by renowned graffiti artist Banksy from the wall of a building that was damaged by Russian shelling.

The mural, which shows a woman wearing a gas mask and carrying a fire extinguisher, was "ruthlessly cut off by attackers" in the town of Hostomel, northwest of the capital Kyiv on Friday, the head of the Kyiv Police Department, Andrey Nebitov, said Saturday in a statement on Telegram.

"A group of people dismantled the painting of the world-famous artist, tried to transport it using wooden boards and polyethylene, but was exposed by police and security forces," Nebitov said.

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