This Ukrainian feminist group, FEMEN, is known for its provocative protests, staged a dramatic scene outside the United Nations complex in Geneva, Switzerland. The group's members, identified as Ukrainian, vandalized a wooden sculpture called the "Broken Chair" by Swiss artist Daniel Berset, which symbolizes the dismemberment caused by landmines.
The two female protesters, clad in giant Ukrainian flag-colored leg bands, shouted slogans such as "Keep Russia out of the UN" and "F**k Russia" as they used chainsaws to cut into the monument, "causing over a dozen gashes." The event prompted condemnation and reaction from authorities... with four individuals brought in for questioning.
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