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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Siege of Mariupol
      • The city council of Mariupol says that Russian Armed Forces have forcefully deported "several thousand" people to camps and remote cities in Russia. (Reuters) (CNN)
    • Southern Ukraine offensive
      • A Russian hypersonic Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile destroys a Ukrainian military barracks in Mykolaiv, killing at least 50 soldiers, with many more believed to be buried under rubble. Russia says that the missile was launched from Crimea. (Sky News)
    • Eastern Ukraine offensive
      • Ukraine says that Russian shelling has killed 56 people at a nursing home in Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast. (The Times)

Business and economy

• Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
    • Bulgaria says it will end gas imports from Russia's Gazprom when its 10-year deal with Gazprom expires at the end of 2022, signalling a shift away from Russian energy. Bulgarian Energy Minister Alexander Nikolov says Bulgaria will also seek increased gas imports from Azerbaijan. (Politico)

Disasters and accidents

• At least five people are dead and dozens more are missing after a ferry collides with a vessel and sinks in Bangladesh. (Reuters)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Russia–Ukraine relations
    • Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu says that Russia and Ukraine are nearing an agreement on certain peace issues in an effort to end the war. (Reuters)
    • A BBC correspondence says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “finally agreed” to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy also says that he is ready to meet with Putin. (Wales Online) (CNN)
  • France–Russia relations
    • France ends all attempts to negotiate with Russia and freezes financial assets of the Central Bank of the Russian Federation worth €22 billion. France also freezes properties owned by Russian oligarchs worth €150 billion. (The Jerusalem Post)
• 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
  • South Korea claims that North Korea fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher into the sea. (AP) (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Protests against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Residents in Kherson confront Russian military vehicles and tell them to "go home". (Sky News)
  • A concert is held by anti-war demonstrators near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, to call for the war to end. (Reuters)
• 2022 Strépy-Bracquegnies car crash
  • A car is driven into a crowd preparing to celebrate carnival in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium, killing six people and injuring 37 others. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 East Timorese presidential election
  • Preliminary results show that former president José Ramos-Horta is ahead of the incumbent Francisco Guterres in the election. (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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