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At the wheel of his vehicle, a man backed up vigorously to enter the Russian representation and protest once morest the war in Ukraine. He was stopped.
Since war broke out in Ukraine, the Russian Embassy in Ireland has repeatedly been “smeared” with red paint.
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A man was arrested and an investigation opened on Monday following a truck demolished the gate of the Russian Embassy in Dublin. The incident took place in the early followingnoon in the south of the capital. “A man has been arrested and is currently in custody,” police said. “The investigation is ongoing.”
Images relayed on social networks show an imposing truck, bearing the logo of a company of religious objects, rushing in reverse on the gate of the embassy, breaking the doors. No injuries were reported.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, many protesters regularly gather outside the Russian Embassy in Ireland, in a show of support for Ukrainians. On Friday, one of the demonstrators, a Catholic priest, had thrown red paint on the doors of the diplomatic mission, while he was interviewed by national radio.
Moscow wants its embassies to be better protected
Some opposition leaders have also called on Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin to sack the Russian ambassador, but Micheal Martin refused to make such a move, arguing that it would jeopardize Ireland’s ability to help its citizens in Russia.
Moscow demanded on Monday the “adequate” protection of its diplomatic representations in France, following reporting an “attack” with a Molotov cocktail once morest one of its cultural centers in Paris. The Russian House of Science and Culture was targeted, on the night of Sunday to Monday, by the throwing of an “incendiary device” which crashed once morest the gate of the building, without causing any casualties, according to a source policewoman.
(AFP)
