Police in Romania’s capital, Bucharest, on Wednesday said that a car crashed into the Russian embassy gates in the city, bursting into flames, and killing the driver.

The police further went on to say that the car, a sedan, rammed into the gate at 6am, adding that the vehicle, however, could not enter the embassy compound.

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“Firefighters who arrived at the scene were able to douse the flames but the driver died on the spot,” a police spokesperson informed.

Meanwhile, unverified videos and images doing the rounds on social media show a car engulfed in flames as security forces run through the area.

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The police, however, are yet to ascertain the motive behind the incident as it took place in the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Romania shares a long land border with Ukraine, and has accepted more than 600,000 refugees from its neighbour since the crisis began.

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The incident took place a day after Romania expelled as many as 10 Russian diplomats from the Russian embassy in the capital city. In recent days, several European nations have expelled Russian diplomats due to Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which began on February 24.