When you click on the link below, you will be treated to something quite extraordinary. It shows the winner of Ukrainian talent contest. She is Kseniya Simonova, 24, drawing a series of pictures on an illuminated sand table showing how ordinary people were affected by the German invasion during World War II.

The Great Patriotic War, as it is called in Ukraine, resulted in one in four of the population being killed with eight to 11 million deaths of a population of 42 million.

Kseniya Simonova says:
"I find it difficult enough to create art using paper and pencils or paint brushes, but using sand and fingers is (not) beyond me. The art, especially when the war is used as the subject matter, even brings some audience members to tears. And there's surely no bigger compliment."

And now, sit back and relax
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=vOhf3OvRXKg