A master at siting his works, Banksy certainly would have known this about Borodyanka before he went.

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/guymartin/2023/02/25/banksy-at-war-why-one-of-his-combat-zone-murals-has-become-an-official-ukrainian-postal-stamp/

But she also didn’t imagine that Russian soldiers would systematically torture, rape, pillage, and kill civilians, as they did in Bucha, Borodyanka, and the town of Izyum, some seventy miles from Kharkiv.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/the-museum-director-who-stayed-behind-to-defend-ukrainian-literature

During his trip, the former prime minister visited Borodyanka and Bucha, the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital that has witnessed some of the most horrific atrocities of the war.

Source: https://www.samfordcrimson.com/boris-johnson-makes-surprise-visit-to-war-torn-ukraine-to-meet-with-president-zelenskyy-pledge-help-2023-01-23.html