Category: World

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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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has mentioned Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico haven’t expressed any gratitude to Ukraine for repairing the Druzhba oil pipeline.

Supply: Zelenskyy throughout a press briefing on 2 March, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: Zelenskyy mentioned that in a dialog with Fico he emphasised that the transit of Russian oil means Russia earns cash and might proceed financing the struggle, so Ukraine can’t sincerely want to resume such transit.

"If European leaders ask us to do that, we should perceive the worth… After the primary strike, we resumed every thing. There have been no public appeals to the Russians to not hit the pipeline. However there have been public appeals to the Ukrainians, as a result of that is the power safety of Hungary and Slovakia," the president mentioned.

He added that in restore works a "fight scenario" occurred by which staff had been injured.

Quote: "Has anybody heard from Orbán or Fico 'we’re very grateful to Ukraine' or 'we’re very sorry for the households and family members who suffered'? Not a single phrase, besides that we owe them once more. I requested: 'What is that this value?' And to European leaders: 'What’s the value? Ought to folks die? Ought to they be injured? And you’ll proceed to dam every thing for Ukraine?'"

Particulars: Zelenskyy recalled that choices on the EU's €90 billion mortgage to Ukraine, the twentieth sanctions bundle and additional steps in Ukraine's path to EU membership have been stalled resulting from political resistance from Hungary and partly Slovakia.

Background:

• Budapest and Bratislava think about the pause in Russian oil transit via the Druzhba pipeline to be the results of a political choice by Ukraine fairly than its situation following Russian strikes.
• On 2 March, Orbán claimed satellite tv for pc pictures show there aren’t any obstacles to the pipeline's operation.
• Commenting on this, Zelenskyy mentioned satellite tv for pc pictures can’t reveal all the main points.

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The Ministry of Defence of Qatar has reported that Iranian plane, missiles and drones had been shot down.

Supply: Qatari Ministry of Defence on X (Twitter)

Quote: "Qatar Emiri Air Pressure efficiently shot down two (SU24) plane coming from the Islamic Republic of Iran. Additionally they efficiently intercepted seven ballistic missiles via air defences, and intercepted 5 drones by Qatar Emiri Air Pressure and Qatar Emiri Navy Forces, which focused a number of areas within the state at present."

Particulars: The ministry added that the risk was addressed instantly after detection and that "all missiles had been shot down earlier than reaching their targets".

Residents and guests had been urged to stay calm, observe official directions issued by safety authorities and rely solely on data disseminated via official channels.

Background: US President Donald Trump stated he had not anticipated Iran to retaliate by placing Arab international locations within the area, together with Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, calling it the "largest shock" following US strikes.

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US President Donald Trump, commenting on the American operation towards Iran, has mentioned the nation's army is "knocking the crap" out of Iran, however that the "massive wave" continues to be to come back.

Supply: Trump in a cellphone interview with CNN, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: CNN famous that throughout the interview, Trump touched on a variety of matters, together with how lengthy the battle may final.

"We're knocking the crap out of them. I believe it's going very properly. It's very highly effective. We've received the best army on the earth and we're utilizing it," he mentioned.

Relating to how lengthy the preventing would possibly proceed, Trump mentioned he didn’t need the battle to pull on.

"I at all times thought it will be 4 weeks. And we're a bit of forward of schedule," Trump mentioned.

Requested whether or not the US was doing something past army motion to assist the Iranian folks regain management of their nation from the regime, Trump replied within the affirmative.

"We’re certainly. However proper now we wish everybody staying inside. It's not protected on the market … We haven't even began hitting them exhausting. The large wave hasn't even occurred. The large one is coming quickly."

Background:

• On the morning of 28 February, US President Donald Trump introduced that the US had launched a large-scale operation towards Iran. Israel additionally carried out strikes.
• In response, Iran launched assaults on the territory of a number of Persian Gulf nations the place US amenities are situated.
• Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth mentioned that it was not the US that began this conflict, however that it will be the one to finish it.

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Ukraine's Air Assault Forces report the liberation of 9 settlements on the Oleksandrivka entrance and a major quantity of Russian tools destroyed.

Supply: Air Assault Forces press service on social media

Quote: "As of now, 9 settlements have been liberated. Three settlements have been cleared of the enemy in our zone, and work is presently underway to liberate a number of extra settlements."

Particulars: It’s famous that army items and subunits of the Air Assault Forces grouping proceed lively offensive operations on the Oleksandrivka entrance, imposing their very own situations of battle on the Russians.

In the course of the operation, the Russians are being systematically and decisively pushed out of fortified positions. Precision and large-scale strikes are destroying the manpower, weapons, army and specialised tools of the Russian forces.

Ukrainian troopers state that the operation was carried out in accordance with an outlined plan. Inside per week, because of selections taken and using technical means, Russian forces' entry to the Starlink community was restricted. This considerably affected the Russian situational consciousness and complex command and management on the preliminary stage, though the Russians didn’t halt their offensive actions and continued advancing.

Aerial reconnaissance items and FPV drone groups are working constantly and successfully, figuring out and destroying targets, leaving the Russians with no safe rear space.

For the reason that starting of the operation, from 29 January to the current, Russian losses, because the Air Assault Forces reported, quantity to six,537 army personnel, of whom 4,355 have been killed and a couple of,167 wounded; 15 Russians have been taken prisoner.

The Russians have misplaced 419 items of army tools: 14 armoured preventing autos, 242 motor autos, 49 artillery techniques, 2 multiple-launch rocket techniques, 1 air defence system, 6 gadgets of specialized tools, 105 bikes/quad bikes, 7 tanks, 147 artillery techniques. In addition they misplaced 611 fixed-wing UAVs and 108 UAV management factors.

Background: The Air Assault Forces beforehand reported a breakthrough of the Russian defensive position on the Oleksandrivka entrance, which is positioned on the borders of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.

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French Overseas Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has stated at a press convention in Paris that France is able to contribute to the defence of its companions within the Center East amid the escalating scenario within the area. Nevertheless, he didn’t specify how Paris would participate in defending these nations.

Supply: European Pravda, citing BFMTV, a French information broadcast tv and radio community

Particulars: Barrot expressed assist and solidarity with the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Iraq, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait and Jordan.

In the meantime, he expressed remorse that the scenario with Iran had not been resolved by way of diplomatic means.

Barrot additionally stated that the unilateral assaults by Israel and america in opposition to Iran ought to have been mentioned inside collective our bodies established for that goal, such because the United Nations.

He stated that everybody may have assumed duty and that solely by turning to the United Nations Safety Council for authorisation to make use of power may the required legitimacy be obtained.

Background:

• On the morning of 28 February, US President Donald Trump introduced that america had launched a large-scale operation in opposition to Iran. Israel additionally carried out strikes.
• Iran responded by launching assaults in opposition to a number of Persian Gulf nations internet hosting US services.
• A number of European airways cancelled flights on Saturday 28 February to airports within the Center East for the approaching days as a result of preventing within the area.

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A lady has been killed after a Russian drone struck a residential constructing in Chernihiv Oblast.

Supply: Viacheslav Chaus, Head of Chernihiv Oblast Army Administration, on Telegram

Quote: "A Geran drone hit a home in a village within the Snovsk hromada in a single day. A hearth broke out and an aged girl was killed. The home was destroyed." [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]

Particulars: The Russian drone additionally attacked a heating facility within the Semenivska hromada.

Chaus added that Russian forces had attacked the oblast 40 occasions over the previous day, with 67 explosions reported throughout the world.

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The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) have reported that missiles had been fired from Lebanese territory in the direction of northern areas of Israel.

Supply: Reuters; IDF; The Instances of Israel

Particulars: The IDF reported the missile launches from Lebanon had triggered air-raid warnings in a number of areas in northern Israel.

The IDF mentioned in a subsequent assertion that its air defence forces intercepted one missile. The remaining projectiles fell in uninhabited open areas, inflicting no harm to civilian infrastructure.

Replace: The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed duty for the assault.

The group mentioned that was "revenge for the blood of the Supreme Chief of the Muslims, Ali Khamenei".

Hezbollah acknowledged that throughout the assault it had focused a missile defence facility south of town of Haifa.

Representatives of the group publicly expressed full solidarity with Iran on Saturday 28 February.

Background:

• In 2024, Israel and Lebanon, with mediation by the US, signed a ceasefire settlement that ended greater than a yr of intense confrontation between the IDF and Hezbollah militants.
• Throughout that battle, the IDF considerably weakened the army potential of the Lebanese group and efficiently assassinated its long-time chief Hassan Nasrallah.
• On the morning of 28 February, President Donald Trump introduced that the US had launched a large-scale operation in opposition to Iran. Israel additionally carried out strikes.
• Iran's Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei and Mohammad Pakpour, Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), had been killed in morning strikes on Iran on 28 February.
• In response to the killing of its management, Iran launched large strikes utilizing ballistic missiles and drones in opposition to Israel and in opposition to US bases and the territories of US-allied international locations within the Center East, together with Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

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