Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reiterated a call on Saturday March 2 to his Western allies to provide Kiev with more air defense systems, after Russian attacks which left several dead. “We must strengthen the Ukrainian air shield to better protect our people from Russian terrorism.”declared the Ukrainian head of state on social networks. Follow our live stream.
Olaf Scholz announces that Germany is investigating a “very serious” leak within the army. The German Chancellor made the announcement on the leaked recording of army officers discussing classified material regarding the war in Ukraine. “This is a very serious matter and that is why it is now the subject of a very careful, very thorough and very rapid investigation”he said during a visit to Rome.
Russian drone attacks have killed at least five people. Attacks on the Black Sea port city of Odessa left three people dead, including a child, and a nine-story building destroyed overnight, officials said. Ukrainians. At the same time, bombings killed a 76-year-old man in the Kharkiv region, near the Russian border, and another person in the Kherson region, according to regional authorities.
Thousands of people attended Alexei Navalny’s funeral in Moscow. Present in large numbers with flowers, some in tears, the supporters of the main opponent of Vladimir Putin, who died on February 16 in prison, chanted “No to war!”, “We will not forget you!” or “We will not forgive!”. The police proceeded on Friday to “at least 67 arrests in sixteen cities”including six in the Russian capital, according to the specialized NGO OVD-Info.