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Revision as of 00:09, 10 August 2022 by GWA88 (talk | contribs) (Ukrainian missile strike on Crimea update)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff) August 9, 2022 (2022-08-09) (Tuesday)Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Multiple explosions are reported after Ukrainian forces strike Novofedorivka Air Base in western Crimea. At least twelve explosions are reported in total. At least one person is killed, and six people are injured, according to Crimean authorities. (The Kyiv post) (Reuters) (Sky News)
- 2022 Ukraine summer counteroffensive
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Ibrahim al-Nabulsi, local head of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, and two other people are killed during a raid by Israeli soldiers in Nablus. At least 40 other people are injured. (BBC News)
- Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Four Pakistani soldiers are killed in a suicide bombing in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan. (Reuters)
- Insurgency in the Maghreb
- Fifteen soldiers are killed as their vehicle hit a roadside bombing in Bam, Burkina Faso. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- Nine people are killed by record-breaking rain causing flooding in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
- The Marshall Islands confirms the first known community transmission cases of COVID-19, ending the country's COVID-free status. Following six confirmed cases in Majuro, the government delayed the start of the school year and halted flights and boat travel to the country's outer islands. (Radio New Zealand Pacific)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the Marshall Islands
International relations
Science and technology
- Roscosmos launches the Iranian Space Agency's Earth observation satellite Khayyam from its Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (Al Jazeera)