2021β2022 North Korean missile tests South Korea and the Japan Coast Guard both accuse North Korea of firing a ballistic missile from Sunan-guyok into the Sea of Japan.
Fuel truck Twenty-six people are killed when a minibus, a bus and a fuel truck collide with each other in Rivne Oblast, Ukraine.
2021β2022 inflation surge The United States Federal Reserve announces that it is raising interest rates by 0.5%, which is the largest interest rate hike since 2000, in order to combat growing inflation.
International sanctions during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine The European Union proposes to ban all oil imports from Russia by the end of the year, and also remove Russia's biggest bank, Sberbank, from SWIFT.
Finland Finland says that a Russian Air Force Mi-17 violated its airspace this morning, flying "four to five kilometres" inside Finnish airspace. The incursion comes ahead of an expected Finnish application to join NATO.
Russo-Ukrainian War Ukraine confirms that Russian troops have entered the steel works plant after launching "an all-out assault".
Russian forces bombard the Azovstal steel works plant in Mariupol with thermobaric missiles. Mariupol mayor Vadym Boychenko confirms that contact has been lost with Ukrainian soldiers trapped inside the plant.