Ukrainian Man Turns Guns into Art
2023-03-16
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1Viktor Mikhalev is a blacksmith, someone who creates and repairs things made of metal.
2He lives in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine.
3Mikhalev uses his skills as a welder to turn metal from weapons and ammunition into beautiful representations of flowers.
4He calls his pieces the flowers of war.
5The project began when a friend gave him a broken machine gun.
6Now more friends bring him similar objects, such as burnt machine guns and shells from the war's front line.
7Inside his workplace, religious statues and pictures fill the space.
8Outside, he has decorated his front door and fence with his metal flowers.
9He also creates containers out of equipment used to launch small explosives.
10Mikhalev has shown his war art in a museum in Donetsk.
11He also keeps his art as a remembrance of the war in eastern Ukraine.
12"Real flowers will not last long, and my roses will become a reminder for a long memory," he said.
13Donetsk is in the Donbas region of Ukraine.
14It was once a center of industry.
15Since April 2014, however, the area has been the center of a separatist rebellion supported by Russia.
16The conflict began a few weeks after Russia seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
17Russia invaded Ukraine again last year.
18It has since declared Donetsk and three other areas in eastern and southern Ukraine as part of Russia.
19The city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and the city of Donetsk itself has seen intense fighting.
20I'm Faith Pirlo.
1Viktor Mikhalev is a blacksmith, someone who creates and repairs things made of metal. He lives in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Mikhalev uses his skills as a welder to turn metal from weapons and ammunition into beautiful representations of flowers. 2He calls his pieces the flowers of war. The project began when a friend gave him a broken machine gun. Now more friends bring him similar objects, such as burnt machine guns and shells from the war's front line. 3Inside his workplace, religious statues and pictures fill the space. Outside, he has decorated his front door and fence with his metal flowers. He also creates containers out of equipment used to launch small explosives. 4Mikhalev has shown his war art in a museum in Donetsk. He also keeps his art as a remembrance of the war in eastern Ukraine. 5"Real flowers will not last long, and my roses will become a reminder for a long memory," he said. 6Donetsk is in the Donbas region of Ukraine. It was once a center of industry. Since April 2014, however, the area has been the center of a separatist rebellion supported by Russia. The conflict began a few weeks after Russia seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula. 7Russia invaded Ukraine again last year. It has since declared Donetsk and three other areas in eastern and southern Ukraine as part of Russia. The city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and the city of Donetsk itself has seen intense fighting. 8I'm Faith Pirlo. 9Faith Pirlo adapted this story from the Associated Press for Learning English. 10__________________________________________________________________ 11Words in This Story 12welder - n. person who join pieces of metal together by heating them and pressing them together 13decorate - v. to make (something) more attractive usually by putting something on it 14reminder -n. something that causes you to remember or to think about something 15__________________________________________________________________ 16What do you think about Viktor's war flowers? 17We want to hear from you. We have a new comment system. Here is how it works: 18Each time you return to comment on the Learning English site, you can use your account and see your comments and replies to them. Our comment policy is here.