For the first time, this famous photo was published by Arvydas Anušauskas, the Minister of National Defence of the Republic of Lithuania, on his Twitter account

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29 of April 2022 10:18

It features a mural in support of Ukraine which was painted on the wall of the Military Academy of Lithuania in Vilnius by a local artist Linas Kaziulionis.

The artist was inspired by a photo by Associated Press photographer Andriy Andrienko, which captures a touching moment of farewell of border guard Vitaliy and his wife at the Kramatorsk railway station. February 27, 2022, on the third day of the full-scale war, Vitalii saw his beloved off on the train to the western part of Ukraine.

Now the photo of this mural is circulating the world. Crowds of tourists and Lithuanians are taking selfies at the site and posting thousands of comments with the hashtag #StandWithUkraine to support Ukraine in the war with russia.

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