Mural dedicated to Mariupol was presented in Lviv: photo

On October 14, on Defenders Day of Ukraine, a symbolic mural was unveiled in Lviv. It depicts the heroic Azovstal defense, the evacuation of townspeople through mines and checkpoints of the occupiers.

This is reported by Eastern Variant.

The Mariupol Drama Theater occupies a special place in the picture with the inscription "Children" in front of it. We will remind that on March 16, russia carried out an unprecedented terrorist act, dropping air bombs on the theater building while hundreds of people were hiding there.

The project was implemented with the support of the utility commercial enterprise "m.EHUB." It is symbolic that the mural's author is artist Dmytro Vovk, himself an immigrant from Mariupol. He spent more than 20 days in the city after the full-scale invasion began.

"On February 24, my wife woke me up and said that russia attacked us. At first, I did not believe that the war had started. But then we heard explosions. We lived in a bomb shelter together with other people; there were 120 of us. We united: we took turns cooking, taking turns cleaning, and so on," Dmytro recalls.

He left Mariupol in mid-March. The path of self-evacuation was difficult, but Dmytro was glad to finally escape from the occupation.

He worked on the mural for several weeks. According to him, the main part of the work consisted of developing the concept.

"This is 80 percent of all work. I spent a week working on the design of the graphics tablet and then another two weeks on the mural itself on this wall. It was not easy to implement the project. To begin with, I needed the facade paint to make a background, a base that would hold up well. Then bright spray paints are already used for graffiti, and airbrushing — a method of applying paint," Dmytro explains.

The length of the mural is 30 meters. The mural composition ends with a symbolic display of the return of the Ukrainian flag to Mariupol.

"I think it will inspire the people of Mariupol to return home. That's why the mural itself is called "Homecoming," the artist admits.

You can find the mural opposite the YaMariupol hub (Lviv, Halytska Square)