Only two of the three devices detonated in the attack.
It was not immediately clear if the projectiles cleared the wall. French media outlet BFM TV said the projectiles were Molotov cocktails and that they landed in the consulate's garden.
Consulate staff were kept indoors and the consulate was sealed off by police. No one was injured in the attack, which is being investigated by police.
France swiftly condemned the incident saying diplomatic missions were inviolable.
"France condemns any infringement of the security of diplomatic compounds," a foreign ministry spokesperson said in the wake of the attack.
"The inviolability, protection and integrity of diplomatic and consular compounds and their staff are fundamental principles in international law," the spokesperson added.
Russia demanded a full French investigation and said the incident looked like an act of terrorism, state news agency TASS reported.
"The explosions on the territory of the Russian Consulate General in Marseille have all the hallmarks of a terrorist attack," TASS quoted Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova as saying.
"We demand that the host country undertake exhaustive and speedy investigative measures, as well as steps to strengthen the security of Russia's foreign missions," said Zakharova.
The incident in the southern French city took place on the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war and as European and Canadian leaders gathered in Kyiv to show support for the ongoing Ukrainian war effort.
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