Russian drone attacks left at least two dead during the night from Friday to Saturday March 2 in Ukraine, authorities reported. A young man was killed and several people, including a three-year-old child, were injured when a Russian drone struck an apartment building in the port city of Odessa, the region’s governor said on Telegram, Oleg Kiper. A house was hit by a drone in the village of Velykyi Burluk, located about 100 kilometers from Kharkiv, resulting in a fire. The body of a 76-year-old man was pulled from the rubble, police said. Follow our live stream.
Thousands of people attended Alexei Navalny’s funeral in Moscow. Present in large numbers with flowers, some in tears, supporters of Vladimir Putin’s main detractor, who died on February 16 in prison, chanted “No to war!”, “We will not forget you!” or “We will not forgive!”. During the day, the police proceeded to “at least 67 arrests in sixteen cities”including six in the Russian capital, according to the specialized NGO OVD-Info.
Emmanuel Macron will bring together party leaders on the subject of Ukraine. The Head of State will bring together the heads of political parties at the Elysée on Thursday March 7 in the morning to discuss “the situation in Ukraine”, AFP learned from the presidency and several political leaders on Friday. The meeting will be held in the format of the “Saint-Denis Meetings”, already led by the President of the Republic in recent months with the leaders of the majority and opposition parties represented in Parliament, the Elysée announced. , confirming information from Figaro.