Portal:Current events/2023 March 18

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Russian forces shell Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast, with cluster munitions, killing at least two civilians and injuring five others. (Ukrinform)

Disasters and accidents

• 2023 Guayas earthquake
  • A 6.8 earthquake strikes the Ecuadorian province of Guayas, damaging buildings, killing at least 18 people, including two in neighboring Peru, and injuring over 400. (The Guardian)

Law and crime

• Shah Cheragh attack
  • A court in Iran sentences two men to death over the October 2022 mass shooting at the Shah Cheragh mosque in Shiraz, which killed 15 people. (Al Arabiya)