Video of the incident shared online shows the back of a delivery truck smashing through the front gates of the embassy to cheers of “Bravo” and “Good man” from protesters holding signs outside of the gates around 1:30 p.m. No one was injured.
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Wiley can be seen exiting the truck and handing out fliers with photos of what he said were Russian atrocities in Ukraine.
“I just done this to create a safe corridor for the Russian ambassador to leave Ireland,” he said, referring to Yuri Filatov, who has held the position since 2017.
“I want the bastard and his colleagues to leave this country, leave this free country and go back to calling where there’s no freedom,” Wiley told the small crowd in the clip, motioning towards the embassy.
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