Two activists from the environmental collective ‘Ultima Generazione’ they have released paint this Thursday against the equestrian monument to the first king of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele II, in the Duomo square in Milan.

After throwing the orange paint on the sculpture and its base, in the center of the square, the activists have distributed leaflets among passers-by. Immediately They were arrested and taken to the police station. without resisting.

‘last generation‘ has claimed responsibility for the action in a statement in which, in addition, it regrets that the Government of Italy has allocated 41,800 million euros in 2021 to the extraction of fossil fuels. “We ask that this mountain of money be immediately withdrawn from the fossil energy sector and invested in a just ecological transition for the health of citizens and the future of the young generations,” he claimed.

The collective has already carried out similar actions in the past in this Italian city, such as painting the sculpture of ‘El Dedo’ by Maurizio Cattelan in front of the Milan Stock Exchange.

Attacks by environmental groups have also taken place in Rome, where last November Soup was thrown at a Van Gogh painting. or when in August they stuck to the historic sculpture of Laocoonte in the Vatican Museums.

The two activists who carried out this latest action are being processedaccused of damaging the base of this sculpture with glue, for which they could be sentenced to a sentence of one month to three years in prison and a fine of about 3,000 euros.