Current events: 2023-08-07

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Assassination attempts on Volodymyr Zelenskyy
    • The Security Service of Ukraine says that it arrested a Ukrainian citizen for allegedly assisting Russian intelligence, including a suspected role in a plot to assassinate President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (The Washington Post)
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • At least five civilians are killed and 31 are injured in a Russian missile strike on residential buildings in Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast. (Reuters)
    • Russian forces strike private houses in {{ill|Kruglyakivka|uk|Кругляківка}}, Kharkiv Oblast, with guided aerial bombs, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others. (CNN International)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Carinthia and Slovenia floods
  • The death toll rises to six. Meanwhile, the water level of the Mur river begins lowering. (NOS)
• Storm Hans
  • In Sweden a train with 120 passengers derails and roads are flooded. (Reuters)
  • In Lithuania a 50-year-old woman is killed by a falling tree. (NOS)
• A drunk wedding guest drives into a wedding in {{ill|Chrouy Neang Nguon|de}}, Siem Reap province, Cambodia, injuring at least 13 Dutch nationals. (NOS) (Dutch News)
• Ten people are injured by an explosion in a grain silo near Derince, Kocaeli Province, Turkey. (Reuters)
• Two firefighting helicopters crash into each other in Cabazon, California, United States, killing three firefighters. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Hun Manet is appointed as the prime minister of Cambodia by King Norodom Sihamoni. Manet replaces his father, Hun Sen, who served as prime minister since 1985. (AFP via France 24)

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