Scuffles broke out between riot police and protesters as they gathered outside the Russian diplomatic mission in the Ukrainian capital on Sunday. The building was soon covered in smoke as security forces tried to quell the crowd.

At one point, the angry crowd began chanting “Death to Russia!”

Videos circulating online captured a blazing car with diplomatic license plates parked not far from the Russian facility. The hood of the vehicle burned for some time in front of an apartment block before emergency services arrived. The white vehicle turned partly black as fire crews battled the blaze.

Some protesters brought tires and set them ablaze near the building. People also left paper ships at the embassy fence in an apparent reference to the vessels’ face off near the Kerch Strait.

On Sunday, three Ukrainian Navy vessels entered Russian territorial waters while heading to the Kerch Strait, which separates Crimea from mainland Russia. The Russian military used weapons to stop the vessels, after which it seized and towed them to the Kerch port, according to the Russian Security Service (FSB).

Moscow has labelled the incident a provocation by the Ukrainian authorities, while Kiev denounced it as an “act of military aggression.” As tensions escalated around the situation in the Kerch Strait, Russia called an emergency UN Security Council meeting, while the Ukrainian president is seeking to declare martial law, pending approval by the national parliament.

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