The art of war in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, where artist Viktor Mikhalyov is using scattered shell fragments to make a statement.<br/> <br />A victim of months of heavy fighting between pro-Russian separatists and forces from Kiev, he's uses the shells to make sculptures.<br/> <br />He says he got the idea when fighting came close to his home.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Russian) DONETSK ARTIST VIKTOR MIKHALYOV, SAYING:<br/> <br />"We collect shell fragments as we are planning to make a stella. But these parts, as you can see, the explosive ones, I cut them with a grinder and I use them when I plan to make something, some composition. But mainly - it will be a stella, a war memorial."<br/> <br />He hopes to one day present one of his pieces, a replica of the Russian Imperial Crown, to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<br/> <br />While the region has succumbed to sporadic fighting since a September ceasefire was implemented, the past few days have been silent.<br/> <br />Though the fragments of a torn country ma
