Portal:Current events/2022 November 23

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • October–November 2022 nationwide missile strikes on Ukraine
      • Widespread blackouts are reported in Western Ukraine as Russian forces launch another wave of cruise missile strikes, including in the city of Lviv, which is currently experiencing a power outage. Moldova also reports "massive" power outages, although the country has not been directly hit by missiles. (BBC News)
      • At least six people, all civilians, are killed in the latest missile strikes, including three in an apartment block in Vyshhorod, Kyiv Oblast, where 15 other people were injured. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko says that 21 of the 31 missiles targeting Kyiv were intercepted before they reached their targets. (The Guardian)
    • Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
      • British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace announces that the United Kingdom will send three Sea King helicopters to the Ukrainian Air Force as part of a new £50 million support package to Ukraine. (The Telegraph)
• Israeli–Palestinian conflict
  • 2022 Jerusalem bombings
    • A 16-year-old Israeli Canadian teenager and an Ethiopian-Israeli man in his fifties are killed and 22 others are injured in explosions at two bus stops in Jerusalem. (The Guardian) (The Jerusalem Post)
  • Death of Tiran Fero
    • An
      Druze teen is kidnapped from a Jenin hospital by Jenin Brigades militants and his body held hostage. He died either in the hospital or after the militants unplugged him from his life support. (Times of Israel)
  • Two
    Israeli soldiers at a refugee camp in Nablus. (Wafa) (Wafa)
• Kivu conflict
  • M23 offensive
    • The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and "the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels from the occupied areas". (AFP via Africanews)
• Afghanistan conflict
  • At least five people are killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Xinhua)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Düzce earthquake
  • Two people are killed and 68 others are injured by a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in Düzce, Turkey. (DW)

International relations

• Russia–European Union relations
  • The
    military strikes on civilian targets in Ukraine, including critical infrastructure, hospitals, schools, and bomb shelters. (Reuters)
• Kosovo–Serbia relations
  • Kosovo and Serbia agree an EU-brokered deal to end a dispute over Kosovar license plates in North Kosovo, which triggered protests last year. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

• Proposed second Scottish independence referendum
  • The
    Scottish government the right to hold a second referendum on Scottish independence from the United Kingdom without approval from the British government. (The Guardian)

• 2022 FIFA World Cup controversies
  • FIFA announces that they will fine the Ecuadorian Football Federation after Ecuadorian fans made discriminatory chants about Chileans during the opening game of the World Cup against Qatar at the Al Bayt Stadium. (Yahoo! Sports)