Current events: 2023-03-02

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the city of Zaporizhzhia kills three civilians and wounds at least four others, according to Ukrainian police. (Reuters)
  • 2022–23 Western Russia attacks
    • 2023 Bryansk Oblast attack
      • Russia accused a Ukrainian sabotage group of attacking the villages of Lyubechane and Sushany in Bryansk Oblast of Russia and taking hostages. Ukraine accuses Russia of staging a false "provocation". (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Twenty people are injured when severe turbulence hits a flight heading from Frankfurt, Germany, to Mauritius. (AP)

International relations

• Brazil–Israel relations
  • Israel criticizes the government of Brazil for allowing two Iranian warships to dock in Rio de Janeiro and urges it to send them away calling it a "dangerous and regretful development". (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, replacing Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. (Nikkei Asia)

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