Portal:Current events/2022 February 3
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February 3, 2022
(Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- War in Donbas
- The United States embassy in Kyiv calls on Russia to "fully comply" with the ceasefire in Donbas after pro-Russian forces shelled the strategic Hnutove entry-exit checkpoint and a humanitarian road corridor. (Ukranews)
- Belarus–Ukraine relations
- Belarus says a Ukrainian Air Force drone violated its airspace over a military training area, and that the military forced the aircraft to land. The Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summons the Ukrainian ambassador in response to the incident. (Belta)
- War in Donbas
- Syrian civil war
- Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, the leader of the Islamic State, dies during a U.S. Joint Special Operations Command raid and battle in Atme, Idlib Governorate, Syria. Qurayshi detonated a bomb that killed himself and 12 more people, including members of his own family. (BBC News)
Disasters and accidents
- The oil tanker Trinity Spirit catches fire and explodes off the Nigerian Escravos River oil field. (Newsweek)
International relations
- Germany–Russia relations, Media freedom in Russia
- Russia withdraws the press credentials of all Deutsche Welle staff and is closing the German media organization's studio in Moscow in response to RT Deutsch being blocked by German regulators. (Deutsche Welle)
Law and crime
- Twenty people die and 74 others are hospitalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after consuming cocaine laced with poison or "cut" with another substance. Nine people are arrested. (BBC News)