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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is co-hosting a summit of Western Balkan countries in Albania's capital, Tirana, on February 28 in support of Ukraine as it seeks to stave off Russia's unprovoked invasion.

The leadership of Transdniester is holding a congress on February 28 amid speculation that the Moscow-backed breakaway region of Moldova could officially ask to join Russia.

Russia attacked the southern Ukrainian regions with Shahed drones overnight and targeted the industrial zone of Odesa, Ukraine’s Southern Defense Forces reported on Telegram on Feb. 28.

A sixth Bulgarian citizen has been charged in Britain with allegedly being a member of a Russian spy network operating in the United Kingdom, British prosecutors said. 

A total of 10 Russian Shahed drones were shot down over Odesa and Mykolaiv oblasts by fire groups from Ukraine's Defence Forces and Air Force anti-aircraft missile units on the night of 27-28 February.

Pro-Russian rebel officials in Moldova's breakaway region of Transnistria appealed to Russia for "protection" on Wednesday, amid fears the territory could become a new flashpoint in Moscow's conflict with neighbouring Ukraine.The gathering of Transnistrian officials comes as Ukraine faces intense pressure on the frontlines, where it has recently lost ground to Russia amid mounting ammunition shortages.

During a Russian drone attack on the industrial zone of Odesa on the night of 27-28 February, wreckage from a downed drone fell onto an electrical transformer at a critical infrastructure facility, causing a fire.

The thin sliver of land has been de facto controlled by pro-Russian forces since the collapse of the Soviet Union but is internationally recognized as part of Moldova.

A funeral service for the late opposition politician Aleksei Navalny will be held on March 1 at a church in the Maryino area of Moscow, where the Kremlin critic once lived.