At least three feminist activists have been detained for vandalising a monument outside the United Nations building in Geneva to protest Russia’s war against Ukraine and what they see as the UN's failure to stop the conflict.

Topless members of the Ukrainian feminist protest group Femen took chainsaws to a giant wooden sculpture outside the United Nations in Geneva on Friday, prompting police to intervene, witnesses said.

Melbourne man Oscar Jenkins became the first known Australian captured by Russia in Ukraine when footage of him with his hands tied appeared on social media.

From February 24, 2022 to late October 2024, a total of 184 bodies of Ukrainians who died in captivity were retrieved from Russia, including 169 military service members and 15 civilians. — Ukrinform.

GENEVA — At least three feminist activists were detained on Friday after vandalizing a monument outside the United Nations complex in Geneva to protest Russia's war against Ukraine and what they ...

GENEVA (Reuters) - Topless members of the Ukrainian ... The two women wearing the Ukrainian flag as garters shouted "Keep Russia out of the UN" and "Fuck Russia" as they sawed into a monument ...

They had words including “stop mines” and “F—- russia” painted on their bare chests and backs in near-freezing temperatures, and shouted expletives repeatedly against the United Nations ...

Ukraine's Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights, Dmytro Lubinets, has accused Russian forces of executing five unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) after their capture. Lubinets announced on Telegram that he intends to report this incident to the United Nations,

"While you are waiting for Christmas — we are waiting for our loved ones to return from Russian captivity," say the families of Ukrainian prisoners of war holding rallies to remember people held in Russian prisons and torture chambers.

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