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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)
• Yemeni Civil War
  • Houthi–Saudi Arabian conflict
    • The Islamist \Houthi group fires missiles at an ARAMCO facility in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Reuters)

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 missing after a ferry collides with a vessel and sinks in Bangladesh. (Reuters)
• Five people die after a fishing boat is hit by a rogue wave off the North Cape, New Zealand. (Stuff)
• A mine collapse in Özgön near the Osh Region in Kyrgyzstan kills three people. (AKIPress)

International relations

• Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
    • 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)
    • According to the Daily Express tabloid, a BBC correspondent says that Russian President Vladimir Putin has “finally agreed” to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Wales Online)
    • Zelenskyy says that he is ready to meet with Putin. (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 million. (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 around 40 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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