Portal:Current events/2022 September 19

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Battle of Donbas
      • Thirteen people are killed and many others are injured in explosions in the Donetsk People's Republic-held city of Donetsk. DPR leader Denis Pushilin accuses Ukraine of being behind the attacks. (BBC News)
      • The Ukrainian Ground Forces recapture the village of Bilohorivka in Luhansk Oblast as it advances on Lysychansk. (The Telegraph)
      • Luhansk People's Republic authorities say that a Ukrainian shelling attack has killed seven civilians including three children in the town of Krasnorichenske. (Reuters)
• Four people are killed and more than 30 injured as police open fire on people protesting in Saqqez, Kurdistan province, Iran, over the death of a woman under police custody in Tehran. (The Guardian)

Arts and culture

• Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II
  • The state funeral of Elizabeth II is held in London, United Kingdom. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
  • Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in the Dominican Republic after causing massive devastation in Puerto Rico, killing three people. (CNN)
• 2022 Western Mexico earthquake
  • A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Michoacán, Mexico, killing two people and wounding 12 others. (Reuters)

Health and environment

• Mongolia places Khovd Province under quarantine after confirming a case of bubonic plague in Möst district. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Afghanistan–United States relations
  • Afghanistan releases American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for Afghan drug lord Bashir Noorzai, who has been held by the United States on drug charges since April 2005. (Reuters)

Law and crime

• Capital punishment in Equatorial Guinea
  • Equatorial Guinea abolishes the death penalty after its president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signs a new penal code into law. (The Guardian)
• Irish judge Síofra O'Leary is elected the new president of European Court of Human Rights, becoming the first woman to hold that position. (The Journal)

Politics and elections

• 2022 Russian-occupied Ukraine annexation referendums
  • The State Duma of Russia reports that a referendum on the accession of the Luhansk People's Republic to Russia will be held in the near future. (TASS)