The Weekly Edition

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War

• 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations
  • The U.S. State Department approves the delivery of U.S.-made weapons systems from the Baltic states to Ukraine, including FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles and FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. (Euractiv)

Yemeni Civil War

• Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen, Saada prison airstrike
  • A Royal Saudi Air Force airstrike on a prison in Saada, Yemen, kills at least 100 people and injures more than 200 others. Médecins Sans Frontières reports over 200 casualties. The United Nations condemns the attack. (Dawn) (CNN) (BBC News)
  • Three children are killed when a missile strikes the port city of Al Hudaydah. (Sky News)

Russo-Ukrainian War

• 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis, Russia–NATO relations
  • The British Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office says that, according to the available information, the Russian government is planning to "install a pro-Russian leader in Kyiv as it considers whether to invade and occupy Ukraine." (CNN)
  • Vice Admiral Kay-Achim Schönbach resigns as Inspector of the German Navy following comments at a think tank in New Delhi, in which he called Russia's intention to attack Ukraine "nonsense", saying that Russian president Vladimir Putin "deserves respect" and dismissing the prospects of Ukraine ever regaining Crimea and joining NATO. (The Guardian)

Russo-Ukrainian War

• 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
  • The U.S. State Department orders its diplomats' families to leave Ukraine, and authorizes voluntary departure of non-essential embassy staff in Kyiv. "Due to the continued threat" of a Russian invasion on Ukraine, American citizens are also urged to leave the country. (France 24)

Spillover of the Yemeni Civil War

• Saudi Arabian–led intervention in Yemen
  • The United Arab Emirates Armed Forces intercepts two ballistic missiles over the Emirati capital Abu Dhabi. The Yemen-based Houthis claim responsibility for the attack. American troops stationed at Al Dhafra Air Base near the capital take shelter in bunkers during the attack. (ABC News)

Syrian civil war

• Battle of al-Hasakah
  • The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces recapture a prison in al-Hasakah from Islamic State. (Al Jazeera)

2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis

• The United States rejects Russia's demand that Ukraine be barred from joining NATO. (BBC News)
• U.S. President Joe Biden, during a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, says "the Russians could invade Ukraine in February". (BBC News)