Portal:Current events/2022 June 18

June 18, 2022 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Eastern Ukraine offensive
    - Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukrainian forces of shelling the Zasyadko coal mine and trapping 77 miners. (Al Arabiya)
  - 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
    - Ukrainian delegate Davyd Arakhamia says that Ukraine is planning to resume ceasefire negotiations with Russia this August. (Finger Lake Times)
Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
  - The dead body of an Indian police official is found in a paddy field in Pampore, Jammu and Kashmir. Islamist militants are suspected to be responsible for the attack. (Reuters)
Afghanistan conflict
- Islamic State kill a Sikh and a Taliban member in an attack on a gurdwara in Kabul. (The Jerusalem Post)
Mali War
- At least 20 people die in an attack in Anchawadi commune, Mali. (Voice of America)
Nyamagabe bus shooting
- Two people are killed and six are injured after suspected militants attacked a bus in southwestern Rwanda. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

At least two people are killed by flooding in Guangxi, China. (Macau Business)
One person is killed in a fire at a petrochemical plant in Shanghai, China. (Reuters)
Wildfires spread across northeastern Spain amid a heatwave, with the highest temperatures expected to be between 40 to 42 °C (104 to 108 °F) in the region of Zaragoza. (NDTV)
An Iranian F-14 crashes near Isfahan, with both pilots successfully ejecting from the aircraft. (Tasnim News Agency)
A firefighter is killed and five other people are injured after a building collapses in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. (AP)

Health and environment

Law and crime

Science and technology

2022 European heat waves
- Climate change in France
  - France sees several June all-time temperature records beaten by over 1 °C (1.8 °F) in an exceptionally strong heat wave. Biarritz's temperature rises to 42.9 °C (109.2 °F), the absolute record for the seaside resort and 2.3 °C (4.1 °F) above the previous all-time record set in August. (L'Indépendant) (L'Indépendant 2)