September 22, 2022 (Thursday)

Donetsk People's Republic authorities accuse Ukraine of shelling a market in Donetsk, killing six civilians.

Large numbers of fighting-age men leave Russia after the announcement of the mobilization. Long traffic jams occur at international border crossings and the price of tickets for international flights sharply increases.

At least 1,300 protesters rallying against the mobilization are arrested throughout Russia.

Ukraine and Russia release 55 Russian prisoners of war and 215 fighters from the Siege of Mariupol as part of a prisoner exchange mediated by Turkey and Saudi Arabia. Among those released are pro-Russian Ukrainian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, Azov Regiment commander Denys Prokopenko, British volunteers Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan volunteer Saadun Brahim. ,

At least three people are killed by an explosion at an oil refinery in Neuquén Province, Argentina.

At least 71 people are killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon capsizes off Syria's coast.

Seven people are killed by landslides in El Salvador.

Two people are killed by a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in Mexico City. The earthquake was an aftershock of the magnitude 7.6 earthquake that occurred three days ago in Michoacán, Mexico.

China's former justice minister Fu Zhenghua is sentenced to death with reprieve, which means his sentence will be life in prison without the possibility of parole, after pleading guilty to accepting bribes.

Amid protests after the death of Mahsa Amini, Iran restricts access to several websites, including Instagram and WhatsApp.