WATCH - Russian envoy to Poland splattered by red paint in war protest

Anti-war protesters in Poland threw red paint at Russia's Ambassador Sergey Andreev, preventing him from paying respects at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who died during the Second World War.

"In Warsaw, during the laying of a wreath at the cemetery of Soviet soldiers, an attack was carried out on the Russian ambassador to Poland, Sergei Andreev, and the Russian diplomats accompanying him," Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Telegram.

The exact moment when Russian Ambassador Sergei Andreev was struck by red paint while trying to lay a wreath in the Soviet soldiers cemetery in #Warsaw#VictoryDay #9Mai #Putin #RussianUkrainianWar #StreetArt #Protest #Anonymous pic.twitter.com/D3u5QfCFtF

— I know (@rassegnista) May 9, 2022

Zakharova blamed the attack on "neo-Nazism," repeating Russia's claim that it is fighting to "denazify" Ukraine.

POLONIA ESTA BUSCANDO LA GUERRA
Sergei Andreev, embajador ruso, fue rociado con pintura roja en el cementerio de soldados soviéticos.
"Liberaron zona, la policía finalmente apareció, pero después del bacanal. Arruinaron nuestra fiesta sagrada: el Día de la Victoria"@motoreco_ok pic.twitter.com/VdX4L8RxvD

— lanavecomunica3 (@lanavecomunica3) May 9, 2022

Images released by Russian media showed Andreev with red paint splattered across his face as he was surrounded by a chanting crowd, some holding Ukrainian flags.