Maksym Palenko

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

Ukraine is getting rid of symbols of the Russian empire in its cities. On this poster, the artist depicted the toppling of the monument to Catherine II in Odesa, emphasizing how many innocent victims of the Ukrainian people the Russian empire eliminated by far and continues to kill.

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

The poster shows a bombed-out building in the form of paska –  the national festive baking of Ukrainians for Easter.

On Easter night 2022, the Russians attacked the districts of Kharkiv, and on Easter itself they shelled the Zolochiv and Chuguyiv districts of the region. As a result of the Russian shelling, 2 people were killed and at least 14 were wounded 

«The Orthodox world saw that for Russia the great holiday of Easter means nothing. Russia continued to kill Ukrainian people, and even children, despite the church dates in the calendar.» - stated President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his video message on the morning of April 25, 2022.

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

The mass graves near the city of Izyum were found on September 15, 2022, after the liberation of most of the Kharkiv region from Russian troops. During the exhumation, 447 bodies were found: 414 bodies of civilians (194 men, 215 women, 5 children), 22 military personnel, 11 bodies whose gender has not been determined; most of these people died a violent death, 30 bodies have obvious signs of torture (bodies were found with a rope around their neck, with their hands tied, with broken limbs and gunshot wounds, several men had their genitals amputated).

Graves were located among trees and marked with wooden crosses. Crosses were numbered; many graves were nameless. Local resident Vitaly Borovy was the only one to work in the ritual service during the occupation. He buried the people, collecting bodies around the city. After the de-occupation of Izyum he helped the police to dig up the graves and to establish the names of the dead. So, in grave number 319 was found the body of Ukrainian children’s writer Volodymyr Vakulenko.

The coat of arms of Izyum are grapes, which the artist depicted next to the cross also directing to the biblical parallels. The inscription on the cross says «unidentified».

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

The Hague has become one of the most frequently mentioned cities in Ukraine since the Russian full-scale invasion. Ukrainians strongly believe that someday Putin and company will end in The Hague.

The name of the city The Hague in Ukrainian language sounds like Gaaga – almost identical to the name of the famous American singer Lady Gaga. In this work, the artist combined The Hague as a symbol of justice, the image of the popular pop-singer, the Hindu deity Kali, and Ukraine personalised as a woman (the Ukrainian elements are the yellow-blue colours as well as corals and a wreath on the figure’s head, which are the traditional features of the Ukrainian female folk dress).

«Coming soon in all nightmares of Kremlin residents!» - wrote the artist posting this work on his social media.

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

Mariupol is a Ukrainian city on the coast of the Azov sea. Being in the complete siege and under constant shelling it resisted the Russian invaders for almost three months. The last stronghold of the defenders was the catacombs of the factory Azovstal. The fate of Mariupol is, perhaps, the most terrible in the Russian Ukrainian war. It was almost totally destroyed, dozens of thousands of civil people perished from Russian bombs, shells and rockets (the exact number is unknown as the city is still under the occupation). The sufferings of Mariupol have become a deep trauma for the whole nation, and its defenders are respected as heroes.  

Pokrova or Protection of Our Most Holy Lady is a great feast in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It is especially revered and celebrated in Ukraine where Pokrova symbolizes patronage of the Mother of God over the Ukrainian Cossacks and the Ukrainian army. 

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

The helmet of the brave fairy-tale knight is decorated with ornament of Azovstal factory constructions.

The Azovstal factory was the last point of resistance before the Russian army occupied Mariupol. While it was still possible to leave the city, the president, Volodymyr Zalenskyy, allowed the soldiers to leave the city, but the warriors of the Azov regiment decided that they would hold back the enemy’s attacks to the last. Namely, in the depths of the labyrinth of the Azovstal factory, where the Azovians defended themselves, there were many wounded soldiers and civilians, most of them women and children, so soldiers had the responsibility to protect them. Surrounded from all sides, they fought in hellish conditions for 83 days.

On May 16, 2022 it was announced about the beginning of the operation to rescue the defenders of Mariupol. We know that 52 seriously wounded soldiers and civilians were evacuated from Azov. Russia captured 265 soldiers who were supposed to wait for the exchange. However, on July 9, terrible footage of the torture of Ukrainian fighters was released to the public. More than half a hundred captured Azovians were treacherously killed and then burned in the prisoner-of-war camp in occupied Olenivka.

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**

Size: 33 x 46 1/2 inches, numbered 5/100

This poster was created on 24.02.2022 – the day the big war began. Thus, the picture represents the artist’s first reaction on the full-scaled invasion of Russia – his indignation as well as his belief in the victory of Ukraine.

«Starting from this morning, the time leading up to this event has significantly decreased» - commented the artist posting this image.

The blood puddle on the floor has an outline of the map of Ukraine.

**All proceeds will be donated to the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund**