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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

A crystal rose as the symbol of new life is at the foot of the Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff stands by the Cross of Peace installation in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

A crystal rose as the symbol of new life is at the foot of the Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff stands by the Cross of Peace installation in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

A crystal rose as the symbol of new life is at the foot of the Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff looks for a place to install The Cross of Peace outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

A fragment is part of the Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

A fragment of an Azovstal-made rail from the Kharkiv tram depot bombed by Russian shelling is part of the Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik in the Alley of Glory in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on March 4, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff watches workers install The Cross of Peace outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff installs The Cross of Peace outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

Cross of Peace in Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

The Cross of Peace installation by American photographer, artist, traveller and philanthropist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian metalwork expert Viktor Belchik is outside the gymnasium from where a Russian sabotage and reconnaissance group was dislodged in the first days of Russias full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 5, 2025. The Cross of Peace features water supply pipes retrieved by rescuers from residential buildings in Kharkiv and Odesa damaged by Russian shelling. The Christ figure is made from 20,0000 small fragments of artillery shells and mines collected from Ukrainian fields and is plated in 999.9-purity gold. (Photo by Viacheslav Madiievskyi/Ukrinform)

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Blessing of Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine sculpture in Kyiv

Blessing of Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine sculpture in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 1, 2023 - American artist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian sculptor Viktor Belchyk (R to L, middle) attend the ceremony to consecrate the sculpture of the Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine made from the fragments of mines and projectiles at St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Blessing of Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine sculpture in Kyiv

Blessing of Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine sculpture in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 1, 2023 - American artist Sergey Melnikoff and Ukrainian sculptor Viktor Belchyk (R to L) look at the sculpture of the Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine made from the fragments of mines and projectiles during its consecration at St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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Blessing of Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine sculpture in Kyiv

Blessing of Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine sculpture in Kyiv

KYIV, UKRAINE - NOVEMBER 1, 2023 - American artist Sergey Melnikoff (L) and Ukrainian sculptor Viktor Belchyk flank the sculpture of the Great Coat of Arms of Ukraine made from the fragments of mines and projectiles during its consecration at St Volodymyr's Cathedral, Kyiv, capital of Ukraine.

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