Two arrested after Molotov cocktails thrown at Russian consulate in Marseille sparking fire - By 9.30am, there were some 30 emergency workers dealing with a fire inside the consulate

Three improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern French port city of Marseille on Monday, but no one was injured, a police source said.

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

Emergency services and soldiers rushed to the Russian consulate in Marseilles in southern France following an explosion inside the building - police have placed a perimeter around the site