With a sensational move at the Cannes Film Festival, a woman drew attention to reports of the rape of Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers. The woman stormed the red carpet on Friday with her bare upper body painted in the national colors of Ukraine and blood-red panties.
Shocking moment on the red carpet of the 75th film festival in the French metropolis of Cannes: a woman with her upper body painted in the national colors of Ukraine managed to blend in with the celebrities. In English she yelled, “Stop raping us!”
However, the performance lasted only a few seconds. Security forces quickly took the woman.
Rape in Ukraine as ‘weapon of war’
According to her own statements, she wanted the action to draw attention to the rape of Ukrainian women by Russian soldiers. There are numerous reports of mass sexual violence by Russian troops against women in Ukraine. According to human rights groups, the Russian army uses rape as a “weapon of war”.
Source: Krone

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