Summer 2022. Kyiv, Ukraine.

When russia began a military invasion of Ukraine, one of the russian warships approached the Ukrainian island of Serpents in the Black Sea. The command of the russian warship offered to surrender to the Ukrainian military defending this island. In response to this proposal, one of the Ukrainian defenders said a phrase that became very popular. He said: russian warship, f*ck you. The banner depicts a drawing that was used for a postage stamp that has become a philatelic rarity.

Brava Svetlana you have well represented this episode that has had a great worldwide resonance and your nation has also issued a commemorative stamp, ciao Giangiorgio

To Giangiorgio Crisponi : Thank you very much for your comment and for your attention to this shot.