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Sep
13
War / Conflict / Security

2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive The Ukrainian military says that it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed 136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupian

2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive The Ukrainian military says that it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed 136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast. An inscription on the drone identified it as an "M214 Geran-2", which did not immediately correspond to known Russian weaponry. (ABC News)

Sep
13
War / Conflict / Security

The Ukrainian military says that it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed 136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast.

The Ukrainian military says that it has shot down an Iranian HESA Shahed 136 combat drone operated by Russia near Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast. An inscription on the drone identified it as an "M214 Geran-2", which did not immediately correspond to known Russian weaponry. (ABC News)

Sep
14
War / Conflict / Security

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian forces launch eight cruise missiles at the dam of the Karachunivske reservoir causing extensive flo

Russo-Ukrainian war 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Russian forces launch eight cruise missiles at the dam of the Karachunivske reservoir causing extensive flooding in Kryvyi Rih and a 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) increase of water level in the Inhulets River. (The Guardian)

Sep
15
War / Conflict / Security

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Izium mass graves Ukrainian police s

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Izium mass graves Ukrainian police say that a mass grave containing more than 440 bodies has been discovered in the recently recaptured city of Izium. (Reuters)

Sep
15
War / Conflict / Security

Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Izium mass grave

Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Izium mass graves Ukrainian police say that a mass grave containing more than 440 bodies has been discovered in the recently recaptured city of Izium. (Reuters)

Sep
16
War / Conflict / Security

Internal conflict in Myanmar 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency Myanmar Army helicopters attack a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, killing six children and injuring

Internal conflict in Myanmar 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency Myanmar Army helicopters attack a school in Sagaing Region, Myanmar, killing six children and injuring 17 people. Military officials say that the school was being used as a base by anti-coup insurgents. (The Jerusalem Post)

Sep
17
War / Conflict / Security

2022 Pacific typhoon season The Japan Meteorological Agency urges residents to evacuate southern parts of the island of Kyushu as super Typhoon Nanmadol approac

2022 Pacific typhoon season The Japan Meteorological Agency urges residents to evacuate southern parts of the island of Kyushu as super Typhoon Nanmadol approaches. An official for the agency warns that Nanmadol can bring "unprecedented" storms and rain to the area. (Reuters)

Sep
19
War / Conflict / Security

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

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)

Sep
19
War / Conflict / Security

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 cit

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)

Sep
19
War / Conflict / Security

Battle of Donbas Thirteen people are killed and many others are injured in explosions in the Donetsk People's Republic-held city of Donetsk.

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)

Sep
22
War / Conflict / Security

Ukraine and Russia release 55 Russian prisoners of war and 215 fighters from the Siege of Mariupol as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey and Saudi A

Ukraine and Russia release 55 Russian prisoners of war and 215 fighters from the Siege of Mariupol as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Among those released are pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Azov Regiment commander Denys Prokopenko, British volunteers Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan volunteer Saadun Brahim. (Times of Israel), (BBC News)

Sep
23
War / Conflict / Security

Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine Referendums begin in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian

Russo-Ukrainian War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine Referendums begin in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on whether to join Russia, in what Ukraine and other countries consider to be "sham" referendums. (AFP via Barron's)

Sep
23
War / Conflict / Security

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine Referendums begin in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022 annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine Referendums begin in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia and the separatist republics of Donetsk and Luhansk on whether to join Russia, in what Ukraine and other countries consider to be "sham" referendums. (AFP via Barron's)

Sep
25
War / Conflict / Security

2022 anti-war protests in Russia, 2022 North Caucasian protests Mass protests against mobilization take place in Dagestan with protesters clashing with police.

2022 anti-war protests in Russia, 2022 North Caucasian protests Mass protests against mobilization take place in Dagestan with protesters clashing with police. (Reuters), (Radio Liberty) The number of people detained in anti-war protests across Russia increases to more than 2,000. (BBC News)

Sep
25
War / Conflict / Security

2022 Russian mobilization 2022 anti-war protests in Russia, 2022 North Caucasian protests Mass protests against mobilization take place in Dagestan with protest

2022 Russian mobilization 2022 anti-war protests in Russia, 2022 North Caucasian protests Mass protests against mobilization take place in Dagestan with protesters clashing with police. (Reuters), (Radio Liberty) The number of people detained in anti-war protests across Russia increases to more than 2,000. (BBC News)

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