Police in the Romanian capital say a car carrying containers of flammable materials has crashed into the gate of the Russian Embassy, bursting into flames and killing the driver
Highlights
- The sedan rammed into the gate at about 6 a.m.
- Wednesday but did not enter the Bucharest embassy compound.
- Video of the aftermath showed the car engulfed in flames as security personnel ran through the area.
- The Russian embassy said no employees were injured and expressed condolences to the family of the driver.
- The incident comes days after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed Romania’s parliament Monday.
- Romania ordered 10 diplomats from the embassy expelled following a string of expulsions of Russian officials across the 27-nation EU.