Current events: 2023-03-22

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Russian drone strike in Rzhyshchiv kills 8 civilians. (Reuters)
    • Zaporizhzhia residential building airstrikes
      • A Russian missile strike on an apartment building in the city of Zaporizhzhia kills one civilian and injures 25 others. (Associated Press)

• Yemeni Civil War
  • Ten Yemeni soldiers are killed by Houthi Islamists in Harib District, Marib Governorate, despite a truce reached between the government and the rebels on Monday. (AFP via France 24)

Politics and elections

• 2023 vote of no confidence in the government of Pedro Sánchez
  • Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government survives a second vote of no confidence presented by far-right party Vox with independent {{interlanguage link|Ramón Tamames|es}} as its candidate. (El Periódico)

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