Two French nationals who work at France's CNRS research institute have admitted responsibility for Monday's arson attack at the Russian consulate in Marseille, the Marseille prosecutor said on Wednesday.

Bottles containing a cocktail of nitrogen and other chemical substances were thrown at the Russian consulate in the port city of Marseille on Monday. No one was injured.

Two French nationals who threw explosive devices at the Russian consulate in Marseille are employed by the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the public prosecutor’s office told AFP

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 men have been arrested after throwing incendiary devices at the wall of the Russian consulate in Marseille on Monday. The pair were taken into police custody on charges of damage to property by means of incendiary or explosive devices,

French police arrested two people after improvised explosive devices were thrown at the Russian consulate in the southern city of Marseille, prosecutors said on Tuesday. The attack on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Monday did not injure anyone.

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 projectiles were thrown over the perimeter wall of Russia's consulate in Marseille on Monday two of which exploded, Marseille police said. The incendiary devices were thrown into the gardens of the consulate in France's second-largest city.