Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Northeastern Ukraine campaign
      • Governor of Sumy Oblast Dmytro Zhyvytskyi says that Russian forces have shelled a hospital in Velyka Pysarivka, causing an unspecified number of casualties. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
    • 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
      • Ukraine claims to have retaken more than 1,000 square kilometers of territory previously occupied by Russia, within the last week. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

• Three people are killed and 11 others are injured when a freight train and a passenger train collide in Novska, Croatia. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Iran–United States relations
  • The United States Department of the Treasury sanctions the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib in response to a cyberattack against Albania. (Al Jazeera)
• North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
  • North Korea passes a new law formally declaring itself a "nuclear state". The law includes the right of North Korea to use "preemptive" nuclear strikes as Kim Jong-un promises to "never give up" the country's nuclear weapons. (CNN)
• Mexico transfers control over its National Guard to the Mexican Army. (Reuters)

Science and technology

• A new lunar mineral is discovered by the Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, which is named Changesite–(Y). (Interesting Engineering)