French authorities say an incendiary device has exploded outside the Russian Consulate in Marseille on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Three projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, two of which exploded, police said.

Two French citizens who attacked the Russian Consulate in Moscow on February 24 Marseille, turned out to be researchers at the National Center for Scientific Research of France (CNRS). This is reported by the newspaper La Provence and the BFMTV channel.