Current events: 2024-03-21

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Eastern Ukraine campaign
    • The Russian Ministry of Defence announces that its forces have occupied the Ukrainian village of Tonenke, Donetsk Oblast. (Al Arabiya)
  • Kyiv strikes
    • Russia launches a massive attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region with ballistic and cruise missiles, injuring at least 17 people. (CNN)
  • Mykolaiv strikes
    • At least one civilian is killed and four others are injured in a Russian ballistic missile attack on Mykolaiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
• Islamic State–Taliban conflict
  • 2024 Kandahar New Kabul Bank bombing
    • A suicide bomber kills three people and injures 12 others at the entrance of a private bank in Kandahar, Afghanistan. (TOLO News)
• Spillover of the Israel–Hamas war
  • The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone attacks on Kiryat Shmona Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel. (Mehr News Agency) (Islamic Republic News Agency)

Disasters and accidents

• A capsized boat with 69 Rohingya refugees is found off the coast of Aceh, Indonesia, and they are rescued. The amount of people that were killed is unknown. (NOS)
• The death toll of the capsized South Korean-flagged tanker {{MV|Keoyoung Sun||2}} rises to nine with still one missing. (Reuters)

International relations

• Accession of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the European Union
  • The European Council agree to open talks on Bosnia and Herzegovina's membership of the European Union days after the recommendation by the European Commission. (AP)

Law and crime

• A court in Russia sentences the Volga Maniac serial killer to life in prison for the murders of 31 elderly women in Tatarstan between 2011 and 2012. (Reuters)
• Pope Francis laicizes Belgian bishop Roger Vangheluwe due to abuse. (NOS)
• The Dutch Royal Marechaussee arrests three British soldiers of the HMS {{HMS|Prince of Wales|R09|2}} after multiple incidents in Rotterdam. (NOS)

Politics and elections

• Vietnamese anti-corruption campaign
  • Vietnam's President Võ Văn Thưởng resigns after just over a year in office amid the Communist Party's anti-corruption campaign, making him the shortest-serving president in Vietnamese history. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera English) (Bloomberg News)

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