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Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russo-Ukrainian War
  • 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukrainian authorities say a person has been killed by overnight shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (Reuters)
    • Russian state media reports that Ukraine has launched rockets into a village in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
    • The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs vetoes Germany's request to re-export Swiss ammunition to Ukraine on the basis of its neutrality, the daily SonntagsZeitung reports. (Reuters)
    • The Russian embassy in Tehran denies that Iran was a secret armament supplier for the Russian war effort. (Tasnim News Agency)
• Internal conflict in Myanmar
  • 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
    • Family members of the military junta staff of the commercial city of Yangon are seeking refuge in the country's capital Naypyidaw as urban fighting increases between the junta and the insurgency. (MyanmarNews)
• Insurgency in the Maghreb
  • Mali War
    • Six soldiers are killed and twenty are injured after three attacks on military bases in Sévaré, Niono and Bapho, Mali. (Voice of America)

Disasters and accidents

• Ten people are confirmed dead after the Kazu I sightseeing boat went missing off the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, with 26 on board; 16 are still missing. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

• 2022 French presidential election
  • The second round of the French presidential election between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen takes place. (CNN)
  • Exit polls show Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election with a majority of 58% of votes. He becomes the first incumbent President of France to win re-election since Jacques Chirac's victory in the 2002 French presidential election against Jean-Marie Le Pen, Marine Le Pen's father. (France 24) (NBC News)
  • Marine Le Pen concedes defeat to Macron, ensuring him a second term. However, she also claims that the results are still a victory for her party. (Sky News) (BBC News)
• 2022 Slovenian parliamentary election
  • Slovenes head to the polls to elect members of their Parliament. (Xinhua News Agency)

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