Following the arrest, the vehicle could be seen on the grass with all its doors open. The glass in the front driver’s and passenger doors was shattered.
NSW Police’s dog unit was also seen searching the vehicle, which has now been removed by a tow truck.
Pro-Kremlin influencer Simeon Boikov, who goes by the moniker Aussie Cossack online, has been holed up at the consulate for 1000 days after he was charged with assaulting a pro-Ukraine protester in Sydney.
He was woken by the sound of police sirens about 8.30am and, after initially thinking there was a fire next door, emerged to find the Toyota parked on the consulate’s lawn.
Boikov said the driver was already being pursued by police as he drove through the compound’s gates.
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