A waxwork figure of Russian president Vladimir Putin has been removed from a museum following his invasion of Ukraine.
Images show a staff member of the Grevin Museum in Paris packing the lifelike statue away.
It comes as Putin has received international condemnation for his unjustified invasion of Ukraine.
Russia is believed to have suffered heavy losses as the invasion entered its sixth day today, while more than 100 Ukrainian civilians have been killed.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine today claimed it had inflicted 5,710 Russian casualties across the first five days of fighting.
There are fears Putin could escalate the conflict and increase Russian aggression as Ukrainians dig in to protect their land.
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Earlier today, Belarus joined the Russian onslaught, despite claiming it had no plans to do so.
The Ukrainian parliament and the Latvian Defence Minister, Dr Atis Pabriks, today both said Belarussian troops have crossed the border into Ukraine in a worrying escalation.
Boris Johnson announced that the UK will extend its offer of help for Ukrainian refugees after being criticised for not doing enough.
On Sunday, ministers announced close family members of people already settled in the UK could join them from Ukraine.
The PM has now extended the order to include wider family members, and there will also be a sponsorship route for firms to bring Ukrainians to the UK.
He said: “We will make it easier for Ukrainians already living in the UK to bring their relatives to our country.
"And though the numbers are hard to calculate, they could be more than 200,000”.
It has been claimed that Putin is using deadly vacuum bombs during the invasion, which are banned by the Geneva convention.
Putin has refused to label his military's actions as an "invasion" or a "war" and instead insists it is a "special military operation" to "deNazify" Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today challenged the European Union to prove it is siding with Ukraine in a speech that moved his interpreter to tears.
The leader was talking to an emergency session of the European Parliament via video link, a day after formally requesting for his nation to join the EU.
In an emotive speech, he said: “We are fighting to be equal members of Europe - do prove you are with us.
“Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you are indeed Europeans and then life will win over death and light will win over darkness.”
In 2014, an activist from the feminist group Femen vandalised the now-removed Putin waxwork with a wooden stake while shouting "Putin dictator".
She also wrote in red letters "Kill Putin" on the torso of the statue, before being taken away by police.
This isn't the first time the museum has packed up statues of controversial figures.
In 2021, the museum unveiled a new figure of US President Joe Biden and removed Donald Trump and put him in storage.
The Grevin museum was inaugurated in 1881 and has more than 500 famous figures from Albert Einstein to Queen Elizabeth II.
