Group try to steal Banksy mural from wall in Ukrainian town

The group managed to slice off a section of board and plaster bearing the image of a woman in a gas mask and dressing gown holding a fire extinguisher, but they were spotted at the scene and the mural was retrieved. News reporter @samuelosborne93 A group of people tried to steal a Banksy mural from a battle-scarred wall in Ukraine, the governor of the region has said. They managed to slice off a section of board and plaster bearing the image of a woman in a gas mask and dressing gown holding a fire extinguisher. But they were spotted at the scene in the city of Hostomel, near Kyiv, and the mural was retrieved, Oleksiy Kuleba said in a statement. He added that the image was still intact and the police were protecting it. "These images are, after all, symbols of our struggle against the enemy... we'll do everything to preserve these works of street art as a symbol of our victory," he said. Police shared images of the yellow wall in Hostomel, with had a large patch cut all the way back to