A missile strike hit a residential building in Zaporizhia, in southeastern Ukraine, the city’s municipal secretary announced on Telegram on Thursday March 2. The building was “almost completely destroyed” by the bombardment, Anatoly Kurtev added. At least three people were killed and six others were injured, according to Ukrainian police. Follow our live.
kyiv claims to retain control of Bakhmout. The spokesman for the Eastern Command of the Ukrainian army, Sergey Cherevaty, denied on Wednesday that a Ukrainian withdrawal from Bakhmout was in progress. A possible withdrawal “will depend on the operational situation. So far, such a decision has not been taken”did he declare.
Ukrainian drones shot down in Crimea. The Russian military claimed to have shot down ten Ukrainian drones in an attempted attack “massive” against its installations in annexed Crimea, the day after a similar incursion by several aircraft into Russian territory. According to the Ministry of Defense, six Ukrainian attack drones were shot down by Russian air defense and four others were disabled by electronic means.
Washington calls Wagner’s boss a “war criminal”. The US Minister of Justice said on Wednesday that the boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, was “a war criminal”. “I think we have more than enough elements to justify my feeling”Merrick Garland said during a Senate hearing.