Portal:Current events/2022 October 12
October 12, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
- Russia says that it has arrested eight people; five Russians and three from Ukraine and Armenia over the Crimea Bridge explosion. (Al Arabiya)
- War crimes in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian forces strike a marketplace in Avdiivka, Donetsk Oblast, killing at least seven civilians and injuring eight others. (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Moldova urges its citizens to decrease the use of electricity after Ukraine halted exports due to Russian missile attacks hitting critical infrastructure. (Reuters)
- 2022 Crimean Bridge explosion
- France-Ukraine relations
- French Preisdent Emmanuel Macron promised to send radar and air defense systems to Ukraine 'in the coming weeks.' (Reuters)
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- An 18-year-old Palestinian is killed and another is injured near Hebron, as Israeli soldiers storm the Al-Arroub refugee camp. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- 2021–present United Kingdom cost of living crisis
- The economy of the United Kingdom shrinks 0.3% in August from July, according to the Office of National Statistics as the cost of living crisis hits different industries. (The Guardian)
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 South Asian floods
- At least 33 people are killed by heavy flooding in Nepal, with Karnali Province being the most affected. (BBC News)
Sports World Cup The world cup is just around the corner, and for the first time in decades Wales has qualified, For mot information (Welsh sports news)