KIEV, January 28 (RIA Novosti) - Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the flamboyant leader of Russia's Liberal-Democratic Party, was pelted with cabbage during a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

The woman who threw pickled cabbage salad at the Russian politician accused him of being a “Ukrainophobe.”

“Where are my bodyguards? Remove this schizophrenic woman!” Zhirinovsky shouted, before asking journalists at the news conference to explain what the word "Ukrainophobe" meant.

“It means that you don’t love Ukraine,” they said, but Zhirinovsky protested that he had always called for friendly relations between Russia and Ukraine.

"There is not a milligram of anti-Ukrainian feelings in Russia," he said as the news conference continued.