Russia-Ukraine Conflict: Vladimir Putin’s Wax Statue Removed From Paris Museum | WATCH

“We have never represented dictators like Hitler in the Grevin Museum, we don't want to represent Putin today,” said Yves Delhommeau, the director of the Grevin Museum.

Yves Delhommeau, Musee Grevin's French Director General, packs a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin before it is stored in the reserve, as a reaction to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on March 1, 2022 at the Grevin museum in Paris. | AFP

New Delhi: As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues, a wax statue of Russian President Vladimir Putin was removed from the Grevin Museum in Paris.

“We have never represented dictators like Hitler in the Grevin Museum, we don't want to represent Putin today,” said Yves Delhommeau, the director of the Grevin Museum.

“VIDEO: Wax statue of Vladimir Putin removed from Paris museum. Russia's invasion of Ukraine prompts director of the Grevin Museum in Paris to remove the statue. “We have never represented dictators like Hitler in the Grevin Museum, we don't want to represent Putin today”,” AFP news agency tweeted.

This comes as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues for the eighth day today.

Meanwhile, the Russian forces have captured Ukraine's Kherson city.

Kherson is the first major urban centre to fall since the Russian President launched his “special military operation” against Ukraine last week.

“The (Russian) occupiers are in all parts of the city and are very dangerous,” Gennady Lakhuta, head of the regional administration, wrote on Telegram late Wednesday, as reported by AFP.

The strategic port city near the Black Sea was captured as Russian forces continued their offensive across other urban centres.

Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev said that Russian soldiers were in the city and came to the city administration building.

He asked them not to shoot civilians and to allow them to gather up the bodies from the streets.

In the offensive, the Russian forces have also bombarded Ukraine's second-biggest city Kharkiv.

Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been able to withstand the assault so far.

So far, thousands are reported to have died or been injured in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.