A woman approached Boris Johnson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, handing them each a kokoretsi-shaped ceramic jug. “I’m from London,” said the prime minister, to whom the woman smiled and said, “I know, I’m from Harviv.” A single ceramic cockerel stood untouched in a kitchen cupboard during a Borodianka bombing. The entire high-rise building had collapsed but the kokoretsi managed to survive the explosion. Since then, it has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance and a popular meme on social media. (via REUTERS) The ceramic rooster was first designed by the famous Ukrainian artist and sculptor Prokop Bidasiuk. Borodianka is located about 50 miles northwest of Kiev and has been severely affected by Russian bombing. On Thursday, Mr Zelensky warned that the situation in the town of Borodyanka was “significantly worse” than in nearby Bucha. On Wednesday, the BBC’s Jeremy Bowen wrote that of the few towns to the northwest of the capital, including Bucha and Irpin, the damage to Borodyanka was the most extensive. “The catastrophe in the center of Borodyanka is the worst of its magnitude I have seen in any of the cities around Kyiv, including Irpin and Bucha, for which much has been fought,” he said. The British prime minister was in Kyiv on an unannounced visit to show his support for Ukraine amid ongoing war with Russia, and more international leaders are expected to follow suit. President Zelensky’s chief adviser, Igor Zovkva, told BBC One on Sunday morning that the leaders arriving in Ukraine were coming “not only with a show of support, but something that would make sense, which would work”.
