Portal:Current events/2022 February 22

February 22, 2022 (Tuesday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- International recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic
  - Syria voices support for Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states. (Reuters)
- Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
  - Anti-war protesters gather at the Russian Embassy in Berlin, Germany, to oppose President Vladimir Putin's decision to send soldiers to separatist regions in Ukraine. (CTV News)
  - Protesters also gather at the Russian Embassy in Kyiv to protest ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (Firstpost)
  - The United States calls the Russian troop deployments in eastern Ukraine "an invasion". (CTV News)
  - The Russian parliament ratifies the friendship and cooperation treaties with the DPR and LPR, following Putin's request made the previous day. (TASS)
  - The foreign ministers of European Union member states agree on a package of new sanctions against Russia. (Al Jazeera)
- Germany suspends the Nord Stream 2 project in response to Russia's recognition of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Luhansk People's Republic as independent states. (Deutsche Welle)
The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution declaring that Iraq is no longer required to pay out to victims of its 1990 invasion of Kuwait. Iraq had paid out US$50 billion to 1.4 million claimants, including one claim to the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation that totaled US$14.7 billion, by the time of the resolution's passage. (Toronto Star)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
    - Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announces a citywide testing campaign due to surge of the cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. It is planned to test each citizen three times during the campaign. (ABC News)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore
    - Singapore reports a record 26,032 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 622,293. (CNA)

Law and crime

Aftermath of the 2020 Nova Scotia attacks
- A public inquiry into the 2020 shootings in Nova Scotia, Canada, that killed 22 people is opened. (CBC News)
Persecution of Christians in North Korea, Religion in North Korea
- A South Korean state commission confirms that retreating North Korean soldiers murdered over 1,150 South Korean Christian civilians in the early stages of the Korean War due to a state anti-religion campaign. (The Korea Times)

Politics and elections

20th National Congress of the People's Party (Spain)
- The secretary general of the People's Party, Teodoro García Egea, resigns after a scandal over alleged spying on the President of the Community of Madrid Isabel Díaz Ayuso. (Swissinfo)