Portal:Current events/2022 March 23
March 23, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kyiv offensive
- Battle of Kyiv
- Four people are injured by a series of Russian Air Force strikes on infrastructure in Kyiv. (Euronews)
- Russian journalist Oksana Baulina is killed in shelling in Kyiv's Podilskyi District. (BBC News)
- Battle of Kyiv
- A laboratory near the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone is looted and destroyed by Russian soldiers. (CNN)
- Kyiv offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Somali Civil War
- March 2022 Somalia attacks
- Two Kenyan guards and a Somali policeman are killed during a shooting attack by al-Shabaab gunmen at Mogadishu International Airport. Two of the attackers are also killed. Several more people are wounded. All domestic and international flights at the airport are suspended. (Reuters)
- Two suicide bombers blow themselves up targeting a vehicle carrying politician Amina Mohamed Abdi in Beledweyne, killing her and 47 more people. At least 105 more are injured. (Reuters)
- March 2022 Somalia attacks
- Yemeni Civil War
- A car bombing kills four people in Aden, Yemen, including a Brigadier General. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Economic impact of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
- Sanofi suspends the delivery of non-essential drugs to Russia and Belarus. However, essential and life-changing medicines and vaccines will still be delivered. (Reuters)
- Nestlé announces that it will suspend sales of non-essential items in Russia, following similar company boycotts to Russia. (Reuters)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin demands that countries that he deems "unfriendly" pay for deliveries of natural gas in rubles. (Bloomberg)
- The Moscow Stock Exchange will reopen in a limited capacity on March 24, ending the almost month-long shutdown of the stock exchange's activities. (Bloomberg)
- 2022 boycott of Russia and Belarus
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- House Sergeant at Arms William J. Walker and Capitol physician Brian P. Monahan announce that a phased reopening of the United States Capitol will begin next week after the Capitol was closed for 2 years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (The Hill)
- COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
- Moderna says that it will ask the U.S. FDA for approval of their COVID-19 vaccine. (The New York Times)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- Quebec health officials approve a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine for high-risk groups in order to prepare for the possibility of a sixth wave of COVID-19 cases in the province. (Global News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Africa
- South Africa lifts its remaining COVID-19 restrictions including mandatory PCR tests for vaccinated travellers as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to decline. (Al Jazeera)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- South Korea surpasses 10 million cases of COVID-19. (Sky News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in North America
International relations
- Foreign relations of Russia
- Poland–Russia relations
- Poland expels 45 staff of the Russian embassy in Warsaw for "spying activities". (Rzeczpospolita)
- Anatoly Chubais, the special envoy of the Kremlin for ties with international organisations, resigns from his post and leaves Russia. (Reuters)
- Poland–Russia relations
- Belarus–Ukraine relations
- Nuclear program of Iran
- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says that Iran and other world powers are closer to finalizing an agreement to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. (Reuters)
Law and crime
- Aftermath of the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Capitol riot suspect Evan Neumann has been granted asylum in Belarus "indefinitely". Neumann claimed that he faced "political persecution" in the United States. (BBC News)
- Criminal charges in the 2021 United States Capitol attack
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- The Israel Border Police arrests 17 Palestinians whom it suspects of taking part in riots last month. (Times of Israel)