Category: World

US President Donald Trump has mentioned new American strikes have focused one other group of Iranian leaders.

Supply: CNN, citing Trump talking to journalists within the Oval Workplace; European Pravda

Particulars: Trump mentioned the influence of the most recent strikes on Iran gave the impression to be "fairly substantial".

Quote: "There was one other hit right this moment on the brand new management, and it appears to be like like that was fairly substantial. So that they're getting hit very onerous."

Extra particulars: Trump didn’t specify which Iranian leaders have been focused or how many individuals have been killed.

The strike adopted an preliminary wave of missile assaults final weekend which officers mentioned had killed 49 Iranian officers, together with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Trump additionally mentioned "the worst-case" situation for Iran could be if "any individual takes over who's as unhealthy because the earlier particular person".

Quote: "That might occur. We don't need that to occur. We'd wish to see any individual in there, deliver it again to the individuals, and we'll see what occurs."

Extra particulars: Trump mentioned a few of the candidates his administration had thought of for the management position had already died, including that "fairly quickly, we're not going to know anyone".

Background:

• In accordance with native reviews, Israeli forces have hit a constructing utilized by the Meeting of Consultants, the physique liable for electing Iran's new supreme chief.
• Trump instructed the New York Publish on Monday 2 March he isn’t saying an outright "no" to deploying American troops in Iran and prompt it might grow to be mandatory.

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Russian forces have captured extra Ukrainian territory in Donetsk Oblast.

Supply: DeepState, a Ukrainian group of navy analysts

Particulars: DeepState stated the Russians have superior close to the villages of Markove and Rivne and in Hryshyne, all of them positioned in Donetsk Oblast.

Background: In mid-February, DeepState reported that Russian forces had occupied Rivne, positioned between Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in Donetsk Oblast.

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Russian troops struck one of many residential areas of town of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast on the morning of three March.

Supply: Kramatorsk Metropolis Council on social media

Particulars: The assault occurred at 07:50 utilizing tubed artillery.

A automotive service station, a multi-storey residential constructing and 6 automobiles had been broken because of the shelling. No details about casualties has been reported up to now. Native authorities are assessing the aftermath of the assault.

Learn additionally: Kramatorsk: Life in Ukraine's romantic capital, 25 kilometres from the front

As Trump and Putin seek to force Ukraine into "peace", what's the situation in Donetsk Oblast?

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Hungary's International Minister Peter Szijjarto has stated that the shortage of oil transportation by way of the Druzhba pipeline is an assault on Hungary carried out by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Supply: Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Szijjarto complained about threats to maritime commerce in reference to warfare within the Center East.

"That’s the reason it is vital for us to have an previous, well-functioning, dependable, cheap oil pipeline with excessive capability that is ready to totally provide us, specifically the Druzhba oil pipeline," he stated.

He repeated that oil shouldn’t be reaching Hungary by way of the Druzhba oil pipeline attributable to political causes.

"And that this political purpose is that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, shouldn’t be permitting oil transit to renew by way of the Druzhba oil pipeline due to a choice taken by the Brussels-Berlin-Kyiv axis that was agreed with the Tisza social gathering. That is an assault on Hungary carried out by Zelenskyy and the Tisza social gathering is Zelenskyy's confederate on this assault," Szijjarto stated.

Notably, this accusation has come shortly earlier than parliamentary elections in Hungary, at which the Tisza social gathering, in accordance with polls, has an opportunity to defeat Viktor Orbán's Fidesz social gathering.

The Hungarian minister stated that the "Berlin-Brussels-Kyiv axis" needs to convey the value of petrol to HUF 1,000 (EUR 2.60) in Hungary earlier than elections.

"It’s the Berlin-Brussels-Kyiv axis that took this determination within the pursuits of the Tisza social gathering to assist it come to energy," he stated.

Background:

• On 2 March, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán spoke about satellite tv for pc pictures that allegedly show there are not any obstacles to Druzhba's operation.
• Zelenskyy, commenting on this, stated that not all particulars could be seen from satellite tv for pc pictures.
• Orbán stated after the outbreak of warfare within the Center East that it’s now much more necessary for him to obtain Russian oil by way of the Druzhba oil pipeline.

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Russian forces attacked Ukraine with 136 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and different kinds of drones on the evening of 2-3 March. About 80 of the UAVs had been Shahed loitering munitions.

Supply: Ukraine's Air Pressure

Particulars: Early stories indicated that as of 09:00, Ukrainian air defence forces had destroyed or jammed 127 Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas and different kinds of drones within the nation's north, south and east.

Hits by 5 UAVs have been recorded at three places and the autumn of downed aerial belongings (particles) at three places.

Plane, anti-aircraft missile models, digital warfare belongings, unmanned programs models and cellular hearth teams from Ukraine's defence forces have been concerned in repelling the assault.

The assault is ongoing, as a number of Russian drones are nonetheless in Ukrainian airspace.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that the toughest American navy strikes on Iran are nonetheless to return and that the following stage of the operation shall be extra extreme for the nation.

Supply: FoxNews; CNN

Quote: "However the hardest hits are but to return from the US navy. The following section shall be much more punishing on Iran than it’s proper now.

Somebody was screaming, 'How lengthy will it take?' I don't understand how lengthy it'll take. We’ve got targets. We are going to do that so long as it takes to attain these targets, and we are going to obtain these targets."

Particulars: Rubio famous that the goal of the US operation is to destroy Iran's ballistic missile capabilities and its capacity to fabricate them and to eradicate the risk posed by its naval fleet to world transport.

Background:

• The US along with Israel are finishing up strikes on Iran.
• On the similar time, US President Donald Trump formally stated that the US has began a navy marketing campaign in Iran.
• Later Israel Defence Forces reported that it had recorded the launch of missiles from Iranian territory in the direction of the State of Israel.
• Iran attacked Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates on 28 February after Israeli and US strikes on its territory.
• Loud explosions have been reported on 1 March in Dubai and in Doha, the capital of Qatar, whereas Oman was struck for the primary time as a part of an growth of what Iran described as retaliatory assaults on neighbouring Gulf states in response to US and Israeli strikes on the Islamic Republic of Iran.

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US President Donald Trump has instructed the New York Put up he’s not saying an outright "no" to deploying American troops in Iran and prompt it might turn into needed.

Supply: The New York Put up, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Trump indicated he doesn’t exclude the potential of sending US forces into Iranian territory, whereas the present operation in opposition to Iran stays restricted to air strikes.

Quote: "I don't have the yips with respect to boots on the bottom – like each president says, 'There shall be no boots on the bottom'. I don't say it. I say 'in all probability don't want them', [or] 'in the event that they have been needed'."

Background:

• In his newest feedback on the operation, Trump stated the USA has not "even began hitting them laborious" and {that a} main wave of assaults on Iran nonetheless lies forward.
• On 2 March, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth stated that there are at present no US troops in Iran.
• In accordance with the newest information, 4 US service members have been killed within the operation and 18 have sustained severe accidents.
• Three F-15 fighter jets have been additionally misplaced as a consequence of mistaken "pleasant fireplace" from Kuwaiti air defences.

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Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has confirmed that his nation has joined talks with France on extending its "nuclear umbrella" to Poland.

Supply: Donald Tusk on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Tusk wrote that Poland is holding negotiations with France and a gaggle of its "closest European allies" relating to an enhanced nuclear deterrence programme.

Poland is in talks with France and a gaggle of closest European allies on the programme of superior nuclear deterrence. We’re arming up along with our mates in order that our enemies won’t ever dare to assault us.

— Donald Tusk (@donaldtusk) March 2, 2026

Quote: "We’re arming up along with our mates in order that our enemies won’t ever dare to assault us."

Background:

• On 2 March, French President Emmanuel Macron, whose nation is the one nuclear-armed state on the European continent, introduced plans to extend the variety of French nuclear warheads and expressed readiness to deploy nuclear weapons in allied European international locations.
• Macron named eight international locations within the nuclear deterrence provided by France.
• France and Germany have established a coordination group on nuclear weapons.

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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned Ukraine sees Russia's plans for offensives within the east, in addition to in direction of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the town of Dnipro and Odesa Oblast, however Russian forces lack the capability to hold out the offensive deliberate for March.

Supply: Zelenskyy throughout a press briefing, as reported by Ukrinform

Particulars: Zelenskyy mentioned Ukraine had obtained paperwork outlining Russia's plans for 2025 and 2027.

Quote: "We perceive that their instructions stay unchanged – the occupation of the east of our state, particularly Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. They actually need to proceed in direction of Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and in addition in direction of Dnipro.

They’re struggling, however they’re trying on the Odesa area. We see these instructions. However these maps at the moment don’t have anything to do with actuality as a result of they can’t accomplish the duties."

Particulars: Zelenskyy added that the deliberate spring offensive had relied on outcomes Russian forces meant to attain by the tip of 2025. Nevertheless, he mentioned these goals had not been met.

Quote: "Their maps don’t match actuality – the place our forces are and the place their forces are. They can not launch the March offensive they wished."

Background: On 1 March, a complete of 145 fight clashes occurred on the battlefield, with the biggest variety of Russian assaults, 34, recorded on the Huliaipole entrance.

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