Sunday, March 5th, 2023 

In a rare high-level visit to the Donbas, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu is filmed inspecting troops in “the eastern military district in the south Donetsk direction”. (The Guardian) 

Heavy street fighting takes place between Russian and Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast. The city’s deputy mayor Oleksandr Marchenko says that “not a single building” has remained untouched by fighting, and that the city is “almost destroyed”. (BBC News) 

One person is killed and nine others are injured in a human stampede at a GloRilla concert in Rochester, New York, United States. (AP) 

Three Armenian police officers and two Azerbaijani soldiers are killed during border clashes near the Lachin Corridor. Both countries accuse the other of opening fire first. (DW) 

Jihadist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula acknowledges that a senior leader was killed in a recent airstrike by the United States Air Force in Yemen. (WION) 

Estonians head to the polls to elect the 101 members of the Riigikogu. (AP) 

Saturday, March 4th, 2023 

United Nations member states finalize the text of the High Seas Treaty, which aims to declare 30% of the world’s oceans marine protected areas by 2030. (BBC News) 

Burundi deploys 100 troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help the country fight insurgencies by militias, including M23. (AFP via The East African) 

A Norfolk Southern train derails in Clark County, Ohio, United States, with local residents advised to shelter in place. The derailment comes just over one month after the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio. However, no hazardous materials are known to be involved in the Clark County derailment. (WDTN-TV) 

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