Portal:Current events/2024 June 15
June 15, 2024 (Saturday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Three people are killed and five others are injured when Russia hit the village of Ulakly in Donetsk Oblast with cluster munition. (The Kyiv Independent)
- Humanitarian aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
- The United States announces a $1.5 billion aid package to Ukraine, focused primarily on the country's energy industry and humanitarian assistance. (Politico)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Israel–Hamas war
- Rafah offensive
- Eight Israeli soldiers are killed in Rafah after their Namer armoured personnel carrier was hit by a massive explosion. (Times of Israel) (AP)
- Rafah offensive
International relations
- Territorial disputes in the South China Sea
- China issues new regulations allowing their national coastguard to detain foreigners accused of entering China's claimed territorial waters and adjacent waters illegally. (Al Jazeera)
Politics and elections
- 2024 French legislative election
- Over 600,000 people march in Paris and other cities across France to protest against the far-right National Rally party.
- Honduran gang crackdown
- Honduran President Xiomara Castro announces new measures to reduce gang activity, including building a 20,000-capacity "megaprison" and plans to designate gang members as terrorists. (Al Jazeera)