Melbourne mural artist criticised for artwork of Ukrainian and Russian soldiers | SBS News

An artist who painted what was criticised as an "offensive" three-storey mural of Ukranian and Russian soldiers embracing has now painted over it, saying "everyone makes mistakes".

But while he says he's "deeply sorry" for offending people, he maintains he's happy to have shared "a message of peace" and a rare human moment when "perhaps soldiers do hug".

Peter Seaton spent 10 days painting the mural 'Peace before Pieces', seen in Kings Way near Melbourne's CBD, in an attempt to highlight peace after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February this year.

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