Current events: 2023-02-21

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Southern Ukraine campaign
    • Russian forces shell the city of Kherson, killing at least six people and wounding 12 others, according to local officials. (Reuters)
• Somali Civil War
  • The Somali National Army kills 42 al-Shabaab jihadists in an operation in the south of the country which began overnight and lasted several hours. (Xinhua)

International relations

• Russia–United States relations
  • Russia and weapons of mass destruction
    • Russian President Vladimir Putin suspends Russia's participation in the New START treaty, the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States, citing the U.S.'s goal of Russia's defeat in Ukraine. (AP)

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