A Russian missile strikes a major thermal power station in Burshtyn, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, causing "quite serious damage", according to governor Svitlana Onyshchuk.
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October 20, 2022 (Thursday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Anti-Kremlin Bashkir nationalists announce the creation of "The Committee of Bashkir Resistance", with the aim of achieving independence for Bashkortostan, although the committee had already been established in September.
Chadian Prime Minister Saleh Kebzabo says that about 50 people have been killed during anti-government protests in the country.
The United States reports that Iranian troops are in Crimea, assisting the Russian military in using Iranian drones.
A 17-year-old protester, Abolfazl Adinezadeh, is killed in the city of Mashhad by Iranian security forces, who shot him at point-blank range.
Disasters and accidents
Telecommunication between the Shetland islands and the British mainland is interrupted when a subsea cable is damaged.
Health and environment
Law and crime
The Australian Capital Territory decriminalizes the possession of illicit drugs in small quantities, including cocaine, amphetamines and heroin beginning in October 2023. Those caught with illicit drugs for personal use will be fined or referred to drug rehabilitation programs.
Politics and elections
An investigation is launched into a Commons vote on fracking where several Tory MPs were allegedly bullied, manhandled, and verbally abused. The 40 ruling party MPs who failed to back the government in the vote now face disciplinary action in the form of losing the whip.
Prime Minister Liz Truss announces her resignation, to take effect once a replacement has been appointed.
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