Portal:Current events/2022 May 28
May 28, 2022 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
- Russian troops enter the strategic city of Sievierodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast with heavy street-to-street fighting underway. Luhansk governor Serhiy Haidai says Ukrainian forces may have to retreat from the city to avoid capture. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)
- Foreign aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- Ukraine confirms it has received a shipment of Harpoon anti-ship missiles from Denmark, and self-propelled howitzers from the United States to counter the Russian invasion. (Reuters)
- Donbas offensive, Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- Indonesian rescuers search for 26 people missing after a boat capsized last Thursday in the Makassar Strait with 43 on board. News of the sinking reached authorities today. (Dawn)
- Fifteen people are killed and three are missing after heavy rain causes flooding in southern China. (AP)
- A stampede at a church charity event in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, kills at least 31 people leaves seven others injured. (Al Jazeera)
Health and environment
- 2022 monkeypox outbreak
- Ireland and Malta confirm first cases of monkeypox. (The Guardian) (English News).
- Iran reports its first suspected case of monkeypox. (IFP News)