The man behind an operation to steal a Banksy mural in Hostomel, Ukraine, outside of Kyiv, faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted, a report says.
Images captured by the news agency showed the exterior of a building – where the artwork used to be – peeled away. Andrii Nebytov, chief of the Kyiv regional National Police, stands next to the work of street artist Banksy, which a group of people tried to steal from a wall of a residential building in the town of Hostomel, heavily damaged during the Russian invasion, at a police office in the town of Boiarka, Ukraine, on Dec. 3, 2022.
Andrii Nebytov, chief of the Kyiv regional National Police, later was photographed standing next to the artwork after it was recovered. that began last year, according to Reuters. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox
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