September 11, 2022 (Sunday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- Russian forces withdraw from most of the Kharkiv Oblast as the Russian occupation of Kharkiv Oblast collapses. Ukrainian soldiers retake Chkalovske and Velykyi Burluk. Governor of Belgorod Oblast Vyacheslav Gladkov says that "thousands" of civilians are fleeing across the border into the region. (Financial Post) (BBC News)
- Russia launches missile strikes with Kalibr cruise missiles on critical infrastructure objects, including Kharkiv TEC-5, causing a total blackout and water shutdown in Northeastern Ukraine and the Kharkiv and Donetsk Oblasts. Ukrainian officials confirm at least 40 electrical substations have been destroyed in the wave of missile strikes. (The New York Times) (Reuters) (Ukrinform)
- 2022 Ukrainian Kharkiv counteroffensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Disasters and accidents
- 2022 Papua New Guinea earthquake
- At least eight people are killed and 24 others are injured after a magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and 40 others are injured after flooding causes a wall dam to collapse in Free State, South Africa. (Reuters)
- Three people are reported missing after a small plane fails to reach its destination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
- One person is killed and 39 others are injured after a firework explodes at a festival in Santiago Tianguistenco, Mexico. (AP News)
Politics and elections
- 2022 Swedish general election
- Proclamation of accession of Charles III
- Charles III is proclaimed Lord of Mann by Lieutenant Governor Sir John Lorimer at Government House, Isle of Man. (Manx Radio)
- Reactions to the death of Elizabeth II
- Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne announces his intention to hold a referendum on transitioning the country into a republic. (BBC News)