Portal:Current events/2024 July 8
July 8, 2024 (Monday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- At least 33 people have been killed after Russia launches a massive missile attack, that hits residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk and Kramatorsk including Ukraine's largest children's hospital Okhmatdyt. (BBC News)
- Poland–Ukraine relations
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Poland can shootdown Russian missiles inside Ukrainian airspace following the signing of a security agreement in Warsaw. (Ukrinform)
- Russian strikes against infrastructure
- M23 offensive
- A United Nations report formally accuses the Uganda People's Defence Force of providing military support to the M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Uganda denies the claims. (Reuters)
Business and economy
- Thousands of Samsung Electronics workers begin a three-day strike in South Korea over demands for better pay and more annual leave. (Reuters)
Disasters and accidents
- 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
- Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas, United States as a Category 1 hurricane. (NBC News)
International relations
- Peace negotiations in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán makes an unannounced "peace mission" to Beijing, China to meet with China's leader Xi Jinping following a similarly unannounced meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. (The Hill)
- 2024 peace missions by Viktor Orbán, China–Hungary relations
- Japan–Philippines relations
- Japan and the Philippines sign a defense pact which allows the deployment of Japanese forces to the Philippines for military exercises. (AP)