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**[[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
**[[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
***[[Southern Ukraine campaign]]
***[[Southern Ukraine campaign]]
****[[Ukraine]] says that the [[Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant]] has been reconnected to the power grid after suffering a power failure the day before due to Russian shelling. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/8/26/russia-ukraine-live-news-zelenskyy-says-world-avoided-disaster (Al Jazeera)]
****[[Ukraine]]'s state nuclear company, [[Energoatom]], says that the Russian-occupied [[Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant]] has resumed supplying electricity to Ukraine's power grid after being disconnected yesterday from it for the first time in history. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/8/26/russia-ukraine-live-news-zelenskyy-says-world-avoided-disaster (Al Jazeera)] [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-one-reactor-nuclear-plant-reconnects-its-grid-2022-08-26/ (Reuters)]
****A traffic police deputy chief is killed by a bombing in the Russian-occupied city of [[Berdiansk]], [[Russian occupation of Zaporizhzhia Oblast|Zaporizhzhia Oblast]]. Russian authorities accuse the Ukrainian forces of the attack. [https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/bomb-kills-traffic-cop-occupied-ukrainian-city-russian-installed-officials-2022-08-26/ (Reuters)]
*[[Tigray War]]
**[[Ethiopia]]n forces reportedly [[airstrike]] a kindergarten playground in [[Mekelle]], [[Tigray Region]], killing at least seven people and injuring more than 13 others. [https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/airstrike-hits-kindergarten-in-capital-of-ethiopia-s-tigray-1.6043532 (CTV News)] [https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/air-strike-hits-capital-ethiopias-northern-tigray-region-local-media-aid-sources-2022-08-26/ (Reuters)]


'''Disasters and accidents'''
'''International relations'''
*[[Nagorno-Karabakh conflict]], [[Azerbaijan–Russia relations]]
**[[Peacekeeping operations in Nagorno-Karabakh|Russian peacekeepers]] withdraw from the city of [[Lachin]] and the villages of [[Zabukh]] and [[Sus, Lachin|Sus]], thereby returning the [[Lachin corridor]] to [[Azerbaijan]]. [https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/26/azerbaijan-takes-over-lachin-city-in-line-with-armenia-peace-deal (Al Jazeera)]

'''Law and crime'''
*Police arrest over 40 protestors for vandalism during a [[Just Stop Oil]] protest and blockade in [[London]], United Kingdom. [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/26/just-stop-oil-protesters-block-pumps-seven-service-stations/ (''The Telegraph'')]
*A vehicle rams into a crowd of people in central [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]], injuring six people. The driver flees the scene but is subsequently arrested in [[Antwerp]]. A motive is still unclear, but terrorism is not being ruled out. [https://www.brusselstimes.com/278819/van-crashes-into-terrace-in-brussels-centre-six-people-injured (''Brussels Times'')] [https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/amp/2022/08/26/driver-flees-after-van-crashes-into-cafe-terrace-in-central-brussels (Euronews)]
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