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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • TheRussian Ministry of Defence announces thatits forces have captured theUkrainian village ofTonenke inDonetsk Oblast.(Al Arabiya)
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Russia launches a massive attack onKyiv and thesurrounding region withballistic andcruise missiles, injuring at least 17 people.(CNN)
  • Mykolaiv strikes
    • At least onecivilian is killed and four others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile attack onMykolaiv, Ukraine.(Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing
    • Asuicide bomber kills 21 people and injures 50+ at aNew Kabul Bank inKandahar,Afghanistan.ISIS-K claims responsibility.(TOLO News)
• Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)
  • TheIslamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone attacks onKiryat Shmona Airport andBen Gurion Airport inIsrael.(Mehr News Agency)(Islamic Republic News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• A capsized boat carryingRohingya refugees is found off the coast ofAceh,Indonesia, with 69 refugees rescued.(NOS)
• The death toll of the capsizedSouth Korean-flaggedtankerKeoyoung Sun increases to nine with one person still missing.(Reuters)

International relations

• Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
  • TheEuropean Council agrees to open talks onBosnia and Herzegovina's membership of theEuropean Union days after the recommendation by theEuropean Commission.(AP)

Law and crime

• A court inRussia sentences theVolga Maniac serial killer tolife in prison for the murders of 31 elderly women inTatarstan in 2011 and 2012.(Reuters)
• Pope FrancislaicizesBelgian bishopRoger Vangheluwe due to allegations of abuse.(NOS)
• TheDutchRoyal Marechaussee arrests threeBritish soldiers of the HMSPrince of Wales after multiple incidents inRotterdam, Netherlands.(NOS)
• Filipino formerlegislatorArnolfo Teves Jr. is arrested inDili,East Timor, after being placed in theInterpolRed Notice in connection with his role inthe 2023 massacre inNegros Oriental,Philippines.(AFP viaBarron's)

Politics and elections

• President of VietnamVõ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in office amid theCommunist Party'santi-corruption campaign, making him the shortest-servingpresident in Vietnamese history.(Reuters)(Al Jazeera)(Bloomberg)