Portal:Current events/2022 May 5
May 5, 2022 (Thursday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Siege of Mariupol
- Ukrainian forces say they have repelled a Russian military thrust onto the Azovstal iron and steel works in Mariupol, Ukraine. (PBS News)
- Siege of Mariupol
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2022 El'ad stabbing
- Three people are killed and four others injured by two Palestinians in a mass stabbing in El'ad, Central Israel. (BBC News)
- 2022 El'ad stabbing
Disasters and accidents
- Changsha building collapse
- The death toll from the building collapse in Changsha, China, six days ago, increases to 53, with ten people rescued. (BBC News)
- 2022 Afghanistan floods
- Floods in twelve provinces of Afghanistan destroy 500 homes, kill 22 people and injure 40 others. (Reuters)
Health and environment
Sports
- 2022 CONCACAF Champions League
- Seattle Sounders FC becomes the first US Major League Soccer team to win the CONCACAF Champions League, defeating UNAM 5–2 on aggregate in the final. (Sports Illustrated)