A man faces multiple charge after a car rammed through the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney, injuring two police officers.
Authorities tried to speak to the driver of a white SUV after it was parked in the driveway of the consulate, in the city's eastern suburbs, on Monday morning.
Instead, the 39-year-old man drove the vehicle through the property's gates and onto its lawn before being arrested, police allege.
Two constables, aged 22 and 25, suffered minor injuries and were treated at the scene, police said.
The man has been charged with 10 offences, including destroying or damaging property, having a knife in a public place and entering enclosed land without a lawful excuse.
He was refused bail and was expected to appear in court on Tuesday.
Earlier, helicopter footage showed the vehicle with its doors flung open and smashed front windows parked by a large flagpole.
The car was later towed from the consulate about 10am as federal police detectives investigated.
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.
"From my side, it looks like a diplomatic asylum attempt," he told AAP.
Boris Kragen, 77, a Russian national from Moscow, was surprised when he saw the leafy street taped off and several police cars blocking the area around the consulate.
"I came here to do some paperwork but they (police) said it's closed, so now we wait," he told AAP.
Minor damage to the front gate was quickly repaired.
AAP contacted the Russian consulate for comment.
