Current events: 2022-12-26

Wikipedia Current Events · Dec 26, 2022

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - 2022 Western Russia attacks
    - Three Russian military members are killed by debris after Russia downs a drone approaching the Engels air base in Saratov Oblast. (AFP via Times of Israel)
Syrian civil war
- Six Syrian Democratic Forces members are killed and an unknown number of others are injured during an ambush by five Islamic State gunmen in Raqqa. One of the attackers is killed and another one is arrested. (Al Jazeera)
- Six Turkish-backed National Front for Liberation militants are killed during a fight with the Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian Army in Aleppo. (AP)
Korean conflict
- Five North Korean drones cross the DMZ into South Korea, which scrambles aircraft to intercept them. One of the South Korean FA-1 light attack aircraft crashes in takeoff during the incident while a North Korean drone crashes near the South Korean capital of Seoul. It is believed that North Korea launched the drones in response to criticism of the quality of North Korean satellite images. (AFP via MSN) (Daily NK)
Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- At least ten people are killed and five others are injured when a bus hits a landmine in Fada N'gourma, Est, Burkina Faso. (BBC News)

Disasters and accidents

International relations

Cross-Strait relations
- A record number of seventy-one military vehicles from the Chinese Air Force enter Taiwan's air defense identification zone within a 24-hour period. (Reuters)