A topless protester with blue and yellow paint across her chest and stomach ran onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival to protest sexual violence in Ukraine, video taken at the festival shows.

The unidentified woman is seen emerging from behind photographers and quickly removing her dress before making her way onto the carpet and shouting at cameras.

The activist had the colors of the Ukrainian flag painted on her upper body, as well as the words “stop raping us” painted on her chest and abdomen. She was also wearing white underwear covered by red paint that resembled blood.

Security guards circled the woman and wrapped her in a jacket, before removing her from the event.

The French feminist group SCUM said on Instagram one of its members had been behind the protest, understood to have taken place on Friday.