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The source is a "tweet" saying that a truck carrying the next day's supplies for the embassy (whatever those comprise) was turned away. This message was from ... Wikileaks. But the BBC reported police surrounding the embassy so it is not unbelievable that a supply truck was turned away.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/235953183032217600

I suspect you've misunderstood the tweet; the embassy is near Harrods, they are turning away ''Harrods'' suppliers.

At least that is what I heard.

It would be highly unusual for any Ecuadoreans to be living in the embassy, given that the UK is a stable, safe, and nominally friendly country. Perhaps it's one of the few non-US ones where that's true, but I doubt it.

"Blocking supplies" is a weird concept for a building where and of the non-Assange residents can simply exit the building, walk 20m to the nearest Tesco, and return with 4 bags of vegetables and microwave dinners...

It's unlikely as the same building houses private flats and the Columbian embassy

Was it a truck carrying supplies to nearby Harrod's department store? That's what I remember reading.

i read that in news but can't find the link. so removed it