Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has become the face of grit and courage amid the Russian invasion of his country. As Zelenskyy is being hailed as a “hero” and “true inspiration” worldwide, a sign with his name has been erected outside the Russian Embassy in the US. The guerrilla artwork is now winning the internet. As people have been protesting outside Russian embassies around the world, in Washington, instead of just placards to call off the war, activists also installed a metal sign unofficially renaming the street as "President Zelensky Way". The spelling of the Ukrainian president’s last name in the sign is, however, different from the one he uses. Photos of the new sign located outside the Embassy of Russia on Wisconsin Avenue in Washington D.C. have started a laughing riot online, with many going there to take selfies. The Russian Embassy in DC is now located at President Zelensky Way. 🙄🙄🙄 pic.twitter.com/NyrHg54F0m — BowTiedRanger (@BowTiedRanger) March 7, 2022 Today outside the Russian Embassy in DC. Someone placed a “Zelensky Way” street sign over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/yATIZJ5wCu — Spencer Allan Brooks (@SpencerSays) March 7, 2022 Someone renamed the street that the Russian embassy is on “President Zelensky Way” and it’s amazing.#StandWithUkraine pic.twitter.com/eo06lV5wKd — Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) March 6, 2022 A political activist Claude Taylor has now taken responsibility for the sarcastic stunt, sharing images on his Twitter account and winning the internet. Taylor, the chair of Mad Dog PAC, told The Hill that the group often takes part in political “guerrilla art” protests and the sign is just their way of peacefully protesting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s atrocities and honouring Ukraine. At Russian Embassy in DC… now located on President Zelensky Way. pic.twitter.com/zmShDvEqQS — Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) March 6, 2022 Saying it was “just a peaceful, nonviolent, silent form of protest," Taylor told Insider: "We wanted to make a small, symbolic statement in support of Ukraine." The political campaign group also has a Ukrainian connection. Talking to HuffPost, Taylor added that Mad Dog's billboard designer, a man identified as Sean, is currently in Dnipro, Ukraine, with his Ukrainian wife. He said that the couple is safe. Although the sign has been put up temporarily, Taylor said he hoped the block that the Russian embassy takes up could be renamed permanently. Netizens too thought the same. Well damn done!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 — Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 8, 2022 Is there any way to make this real ? And Zelenskyy is spelled with 2 y’s — Samantha Gaudet 🇨🇦🌻🇺🇦 (@PhotobearSam) March 6, 2022 I don't know who came up w/ this idea, but it is brilliant. 💙💛🇺🇦💙💛 — Sophie Perrin🇺🇸 (@SophiePerrin18) March 7, 2022 pic.twitter.com/KSy79msRVB — andi | John Lewis Voting Rights Act - NOW 🐕🛹 (@theAndiL) March 6, 2022 Be even better if it was "President Zelensky has his Way" 🇺🇦 — Love Lockets (@LoveLockets2) March 7, 2022 Perhaps a petition to make this real? — Robert Edmonds, PhD (@stormchaseguide) March 6, 2022 Someone made a street sign for the Russian Embassy. Lol. More of this please. Let's get every single one of their embassies on Zelensky Way. — Adam `Extreme Masker` Morgan (@mycroft16) March 6, 2022 Yes, it might be a little petty. But this. This pleases me. — Morvelaira, B.S. (@morvelaira) March 8, 2022 This person is the hero we all deserve. — She Goes to Eleven 🎛 (@SheGoestoEleven) March 8, 2022 Haha, this great. Please pass this on until President @ZelenskyyUa sees this.#StopRussia — Jason Boyle (@jbirish524) March 7, 2022 This is epic trolling — verbal 🌻 🇺🇦 (@verbalrugby) March 7, 2022 It's the small things that give hope — Sandy Jett Ball (@sandybeachgirl) March 7, 2022 Earlier in 2020, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser renamed a section of downtown Washington Black Lives Matter Plaza, after the Department of Public Works painted the words “Black Lives Matter” on the road to show support for protesters following the death of George Floyd.
