September 21, 2022 (Wednesday)

In a major address to the nation, Russian president Vladimir Putin announces a partial mobilization, with the exceptions of students and conscripts.

Lithuania places its rapid reaction force on high alert in response to Russia's mobilization, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says that Russia's military mobilization is "dangerous and reckless", and condemns Putin's use of "nuclear rhetoric".

Three people are killed and 13 others are injured in an explosion at a restaurant in Deh Mazang, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Fulani herdsmen shoot and kill 14 civilians in Logo, Benue State, Nigeria.

Hurricane Fiona reaches Category 4 as it moves from the Turks and Caicos Islands toward Bermuda.

Two people are killed and 5 others are injured after a helicopter crashes while travelling to a wildfire in Marmaris, Muğla Province, Turkey.

Queen Margrethe II tests positive for COVID-19 for the second time.

Two Ukrainian staffers of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe are sentenced to 13 years of prison by a court in the separatist Luhansk People's Republic for "alleged high treason and espionage for the United States".

Anti-mobilization and anti-war protests occur across Russia, with many arrests also occurring.

World Taekwondo denies giving bribes in order to become an Olympic sport after allegations emerge from a former employee turned whistleblower. ()