A 39-year-old man has been charged with multiple offences and will face court on Tuesday after allegedly ramming his car through the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Monday morning.

The incident began when Russian consulate staff noticed a suspicious vehicle parked in the consulate’s driveway on Fullerton Street in Woollahra soon after 8am on Monday and requested assistance from the AFP’s diplomatic protection unit.

The dramatic moment police confronted the man has been caught on camera.

An AFP officer called NSW Police to respond and officers attempted to speak with the driver of the white Toyota Kluger SUV. He then crashed his vehicle through the gates of the consulate and took a sharp turn to drive the vehicle onto the property before coming to a stop.

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