Topless women protesters were detained Friday for vandalising a monument outside the United Nations complex in Geneva to protest the use of landmines in Ukraine and to demand Russia is kicked out of the UN.
Two members of Ukrainian feminist group FEMEN, which is known for its provocative protests, used a chainsaw to cut into the wooden sculpture known as the ‘Broken Chair’.
The women wore bands in the blue and yellow colors of the Ukrainian flag on their legs and they were heard shouting ‘Keep Russia out of the UN’ and ‘F**k Russia‘ as they sawed into a monument known as the Broken Chair, leaving over a dozen gashes.
The three-legged structure by Swiss artist Daniel Berset symbolizes the dismemberment caused by landmines and is a call to ban the devastating weapons, which have also been used in the war in Ukraine.
Footage shows how the two women strip off their giant fur coats and bear their chests as they grab ahold of chainsaws and march towards the artwork.
They declined to speak to reporters afterward.
