Portal:Current events/2022 September 9
September 9, 2022 (Friday)
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)
- Northeastern Ukraine campaign
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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)