Portal:Current events/2023 March 2

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022–23 Western Russia attacks
    • 2023 Bryansk Oblast attack
      • Russia accuses a Ukrainian sabotage group of attacking the villages of Lyubechane and Sushany in Bryansk Oblast and taking hostages. However, Ukraine accuses Russia of staging a false "provocation". (Reuters)
  • 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 injures at least four others, according to Ukrainian police. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

• Six people are killed and five others are injured by a methane explosion in Harnai District, Balochistan, Pakistan. (AP)
• Twenty people are injured by severe turbulence on a Condor flight 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 Brazil to send the warships away calling it a "dangerous and regretful development". (Reuters)

Law and crime

• State v. Murdaugh
  • Former lawyer Alex Murdaugh is found guilty on all counts in the for the murder of his wife, Maggie, and their 22-year-old son, Paul, on June 7, 2021. He was sentenced the next day. (CNN)

Politics and elections

• 2023 Vietnamese presidential election
  • The National Assembly of Vietnam elects Võ Văn Thưởng as the country's new president, succeeding Nguyễn Xuân Phúc. (Nikkei Asia)