Portal:Current events/2022 March 20
March 20, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Siege of Mariupol
- The city council of Mariupol claims that Russian Armed Forces have forcefully deported "several thousand" people to camps and remote cities in Russia. (Reuters) (CNN)
- Siege of Mariupol
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- At least 5 people are dead, and dozens missing after a ferry collides with a vessel, and sinks in Bangladesh. (Reuters)
International relations
- Reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russia–Ukraine relations
- Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says that Russia and Ukraine are nearing an agreement on certain peace issues in an effort to end the war. (Reuters)
- France-Russia relations
- France ends all attempts to negotiate with Russia and freezes financial assets of all Russian citizens and Russian entities, worth €172 billion, and freezes some properties owned by the richest Russians. (Rzeczpospolita)
- Russia–Ukraine relations
- 2021–2022 North Korean missile tests
- South Korea claims that North Korea fired a short-range multiple rocket launcher into the sea. (Associated Press), (Reuters)
Law and crime
- 2022 Strépy-Bracquegnies car crash
- A car is driven into a crowd preparing to celebrate carnival at 5 a.m. in Strépy-Bracquegnies, Belgium. Six people are killed and 37 more are injured. (BBC News)