The artist Vasily Nesterenko, who painted the painting "Defenders of Novorossiya", said that he did not depict Pskov, urging "not to look for scandalous details, especially where they do not exist." The artist Vasily Nesterenko, who painted the painting "Defenders of Novorossiya", stated that he did not draw his characters from Dmitry Pskov and Natalia Poklonskaya. According to him, the fabric depicts "real defenders of Donbass". However, Nesterenko himself stated that the painting depicts "militia men, sisters of mercy, a priest" against the background of the ruins of Severodnitsk. "My painting "Defenders of Novorossia" depicts the real defenders of Donbass: militias, sisters, a priest. Against the background of the ruins of Sverdontsk. If the characters in the film remind someone of politicians or media figures, then this is a result of the viewer's imagination. "You have to look at the picture, the painting, try to understand the plot, see the real details of the war, and not look for scandalous details, especially where there are none," said the artist. Earlier, Kommersant reporter Andrey Kolesnikov, who visited the manga exhibition, noticed that one of the figures outwardly resembled Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.

The artist Vasily Nesterenko, who painted the painting "Defenders of Novorossiya", said that he did not depict Pskov, urging "not to look for scandalous details, especially where they do not exist." The artist Vasily Nesterenko, who painted the painting "Defenders of Novorossiya", stated that he did not draw his characters from Dmitry Pskov and Natalia Poklonskaya. According to him, the fabric depicts "real defenders of Donbass". However, Nesterenko himself stated that the painting depicts "militia men, sisters of mercy, a priest" against the background of the ruins of Severodnitsk. "My painting "Defenders of Novorossia" depicts the real defenders of Donbass: militias, sisters, a priest. Against the background of the ruins of Sverdontsk. If the characters in the film remind someone of politicians or media figures, then this is a result of the viewer's imagination. "You have to look at the picture, the painting, try to understand the plot, see the real details of the war, and not look for scandalous details, especially where there are none," said the artist. Earlier, Kommersant reporter Andrey Kolesnikov, who visited the manga exhibition, noticed that one of the figures outwardly resembled Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov.