The Ukraine panel: In this panel an apparently Ukrainian peasant woman is bound to a pole and gagged, with a giant faceless figure towering over her. The woman, representing Ukraine itself, is about to be raped by Russia, and her plight is a depiction of Kurelek's one-time attachment to Ukrainian nationalism. The plight caused depression for Kurelek, as he asked himself, "would I got to war to defend or save her?...I had in mind the words of the World War I poet – Wilfred Owen, 'It is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country' – the old lie."