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September 9, 2022
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2022-09-09
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Russo-Ukrainian War
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Northeastern Ukraine campaign
Governor of Sumy Oblast
Dmytro Zhyvytskyi
says that
Russian forces
have
shelled
a hospital in
Velyka Pysarivka
, causing an unspecified number of casualties.
(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
Ukraine
claims to have retaken more than 1,000
square kilometers
of territory previously occupied by Russia, within the last week.
(BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
Three people are killed and 11 others are injured when a
freight train
and a
passenger train
collide
in
Novska
,
Croatia
.
(AP)
Politics and elections
Iran–United States relations
The
United States Department of the Treasury
sanctions the
Iranian
Ministry of Intelligence
and Intelligence Minister
Esmaeil Khatib
in response to a
cyberattack
against
Albania
.
(Al Jazeera)
North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea
passes a new law formally declaring itself a "
nuclear state
". The law includes the right of North Korea to use "preemptive" nuclear strikes as
Kim Jong-un
promises to "never give up" the country's
nuclear weapons
.
(CNN)
Mexico
transfers control over its
National Guard
to the
Mexican Army
.
(Reuters)
Science and technology
A new
lunar
mineral is discovered by the
Beijing
Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named
Changesite–(Y)
.
(Interesting Engineering)
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