These images have not been used for a real Time Magazine Cover, they are a series of artworks created by Patrick Mulder. Patrick is a Graphic Designer and this is his explanation for creating the series of 3 images.

“My TIME artwork has gone viral - so I thought it would be appropriate for me to write a little about it. The image is one out of a sequence of three I created on the day Russia invaded Ukraine. I felt the official cover by TIME was uninspired and lacked conviction.

I wanted to create something that added to the conversation around the invasion of Ukraine and captured the public mood. It wasn't originally intended to be a TIME cover. The finished image was so powerful, I felt that it deserved to be framed in an equally powerful way.”

The tweets to confirm his comments are embedded below, including a Twitter Audio message.