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WATCH | ‘Black Cloud’ artwork rises in the centre of Ukraine’s Kyiv

A huge black cloud stands in Kyiv's historic Sophia Square this week, emitting flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder in evocation of war, before it travels to the Burning Man art festival in the US later this year.

The "Black Cloud" installation, by Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Sai (Liosha Say), which includes the sounds of artillery fire, explosions, drones and military vehicles in a chilling evocation of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, is displayed in central Kyiv, June 8, 2025. The artwork is 30 meters (100 feet) long and 15 meters (49 feet) high, weighs nearly eight tonnes, and is made from four kilometers of fabric. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko
The "Black Cloud" installation, by Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Sai (Liosha Say), which includes the sounds of artillery fire, explosions, drones and military vehicles in a chilling evocation of Russia's all-out invasion of Ukraine since February 2022, is displayed in central Kyiv, June 8, 2025. The artwork is 30 meters (100 feet) long and 15 meters (49 feet) high, weighs nearly eight tonnes, and is made from four kilometers of fabric. REUTERS/Vladyslav Musiienko (Vladyslav Musiienko)

A huge black cloud stands in Kyiv's historic Sophia Square this week, emitting flashes of lightning and the rumble of thunder in evocation of war, before it travels to the Burning Man art festival in the US later this year.

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