Viktor Mikhalev is a blacksmith, someone who creates and repairs things made of metal. He lives in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Mikhalev uses his skills as a welder to turn metal from weapons and ammunition into beautiful representations of flowers.
维克托·米哈列夫是制造和维修金属制品的一名铁匠。他住在乌克兰东部由俄罗斯控制的顿涅茨克市。米哈列夫利用他作为焊工的技能，将来自武器弹药中的金属变成美丽的花朵。

He calls his pieces the flowers of war. The project began when a friend gave him a broken machine gun. Now more friends bring him similar objects, such as burnt machine guns and shells from the war's front line.
他称自己的作品为战争之花。这个项目是从一个朋友送给他的一把坏机关枪开始的。现在，更多的朋友给他带来了类似的物品，比如战争前线烧毁的机枪和炮弹。

Inside his workplace, religious statues and pictures fill the space. Outside, he has decorated his front door and fence with his metal flowers. He also creates containers out of equipment used to launch small explosives.
在他的工场中，宗教雕像和画像占据了整个空间。在工场外面，他用金属花装饰了前门和栅栏。他还利用发射小型炸弹的设备制造了容器。

Mikhalev has shown his war art in a museum in Donetsk. He also keeps his art as a remembrance of the war in eastern Ukraine.
米哈列夫在顿涅茨克的一家博物馆展示了他的战争艺术品。他还保留了自己的艺术作品，作为对乌克兰东部战争的纪念。

"Real flowers will not last long, and my roses will become a reminder for a long memory," he said.
他说：“真花不能保存太久，我的玫瑰会成为一种长期记忆的提醒。”

Donetsk is in the Donbas region of Ukraine. It was once a center of industry. Since April 2014, however, the area has been the center of a separatist rebellion supported by Russia. The conflict began a few weeks after Russia seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
顿涅茨克位于乌克兰顿巴斯地区。它曾经是工业中心。然而，自2014年4月以来，该地区一直是俄罗斯支持的分离主义者叛乱的中心。这场冲突开始于俄罗斯夺取乌克兰克里米亚半岛控制权几周后。

Russia invaded Ukraine again last year. It has since declared Donetsk and three other areas in eastern and southern Ukraine as part of Russia. The city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and the city of Donetsk itself has seen intense fighting.
俄罗斯去年再次入侵了乌克兰。此后，它宣布顿涅茨克和乌克兰东、南部的其它三个地区为俄罗斯的一部分。顿涅茨克地区的巴赫穆特市和顿涅茨克市本身也发生了激烈的战斗。

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Viktor Mikhalev is a blacksmith, someone who creates and repairs things made of metal. He lives in the Russian-controlled city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine. Mikhalev uses his skills as a welder to turn metal from weapons and ammunition into beautiful representations of flowers.

He calls his pieces the flowers of war. The project began when a friend gave him a broken machine gun. Now more friends bring him similar objects, such as burnt machine guns and shells from the war's front line.

Viktor Mikhalev turned weapons and ammunitions to roses at a workshop in his house in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Donetsk area. (AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov)

Inside his workplace, religious statues and pictures fill the space. Outside, he has decorated his front door and fence with his metal flowers. He also creates containers out of equipment used to launch small explosives.

Mikhalev has shown his war art in a museum in Donetsk. He also keeps his art as a remembrance of the war in eastern Ukraine.

"Real flowers will not last long, and my roses will become a reminder for a long memory," he said.

Donetsk is in the Donbas region of Ukraine. It was once a center of industry. Since April 2014, however, the area has been the center of a separatist rebellion supported by Russia. The conflict began a few weeks after Russia seized control of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.

Russia invaded Ukraine again last year. It has since declared Donetsk and three other areas in eastern and southern Ukraine as part of Russia. The city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region and the city of Donetsk itself has seen intense fighting.

I'm Faith Pirlo.

Faith Pirlo adapted this story from the Associated Press for Learning English.

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Words in This Story

welder – n. person who join pieces of metal together by heating them and pressing them together

decorate – v. to make (something) more attractive usually by putting something on it

reminder –n. something that causes you to remember or to think about something