Portal:Current events/2022 July 28
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
- Ukrainian Oleksiy Arestovych says that an operation to recapture the Kherson Oblast has started. (The Guardian)
- Ukrainian
- Battle of Donbas
- Russian forces shell Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast with the BM-27 Uragan MLRS, killing three civilians and injuring three others. Six apartment blocks and six detached houses are also destroyed or damaged. (Ukrinform)
- 2022 Ukrainian summer counteroffensive
- Belarusian involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces in Belarus launch 25 ballistic missiles into northern Ukraine. (The Guardian)
- Russia launches Bucha, Lyutizh, and Vyshhorod. At least fifteen people, including five civilians, are injured, according to Kyiv governor Oleksiy Kuleba. (AP) (Axios)
- Russian missiles strike Kropyvnytskyi, damaging facilities owned by Kropyvnytskyi Flight Academy and Air Urga. Five people are killed and 25 others are injured. (Yahoo! News)
- Syrian civil war
- 2022 As-Suwayda clashes
- At least 17 people are killed and 40 others are injured in skirmishes between groups of pro-As Suwayda, Syria. (Al Jazeera)
- At least 17 people are killed and 40 others are injured in skirmishes between groups of pro-
- 2022 As-Suwayda clashes
Business and economy
- 2022 Russia–European Union gas dispute
- Authorities in energy crisis after Gazprom reduced gas supplies to Germany through its Nord Stream pipeline. (BBC News)
- Authorities in Berlin turn off lights at historic monuments and municipal buildings in the city in order to save electricity. (The Guardian)
- Authorities in
- 2021–2022 inflation surge
- The United States enters a technical recession after its economy shrank for the 2nd consecutive quarter. (The Guardian) (The Times)
- 2020–present global chip shortage
- The United States Congress passes the Chips and Science Act of 2022 in order to boost semiconductor production in the United States and also boost competition with China. The bill will head to President Joe Biden for his signature. (CNBC)
Disasters and accidents
- July 2022 United States floods
- Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear declares a state of emergency for several counties in southeastern Kentucky due to historic floods, which have killed eight people. (WLEX-TV)
- Flash flooding occurs on the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
- Four people are killed and nine others are injured by a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Tehran, Iran. (AP)
- Fifteen people are killed and 47 others are injured after a bus crash in
- Eight people are killed and four others are injured after a fire broke out in a hostel in Moscow, Russia. (AP)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak in the United States
- U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer says that New York has received 110,000 doses of the monkeypox vaccine. (New York Post)
- Ahmed Ogwell, head of the monkeypox outbreak. (Time)
International relations
- Iran–Israel relations
- Iranian police arrest the alleged leader and four other members of a spy network suspected to be affiliated with Mossad. (Al Jazeera)
- Restriction of transit with the Kaliningrad Oblast
- Russia hands over a protest note to the humanitarian purposes or in order to fulfil international obligations, on 1 September. (LRT)
- Russia hands over a protest note to the
Law and crime
- Sentencing of Ben Oliver
- Cameras are allowed to film a criminal court case in England and Wales for the first time in history as a man, Ben Oliver, is sentenced to prison at London's Old Bailey for manslaughter on live television. (Reuters)
Science