Portal:Current events/2022 September 9

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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. [https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-bombing-hospital-sumy/32025893.html (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. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62849235 (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. [https://apnews.com/article/health-croatia-injuries-7044dcbcf1c5f1053aa8060f69b16a28 (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. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/9/us-imposes-new-sanctions-on-iran-over-albanian-cyberattack (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. [https://edition.cnn.com/2022/09/09/asia/north-korea-kim-nuclear-weapons-state-law-intl-hnk/index.html (CNN)]
• Mexico transfers control over its National Guard to the Mexican Army. [https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-congress-backs-army-taking-control-national-guard-2022-09-09/ (Reuters)]

Science and technology

• A new lunar mineral is discovered by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named Changesite–(Y). [https://interestingengineering.com/science/china-discovers-new-mineral-on-moon (Interesting Engineering)]

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