Europe | The art of war

In Belgrade, backers of Ukraine and Russia fight with graffiti

In a propaganda war, spray-paint cans are the weapons

A mural depicting Vladimir Putin by Piotr Nikitin, Belgrade, Serbia.
Defacing Putin properlyImage: Piotr Nikitin
|Belgrade

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