February 23, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- Ukraine announces the mobilization of its military reserves with a maximum service length of one year for reservists between the ages of 18 and 60 years. (The Hill)
- Ukraine urges all citizens to leave Russia immediately, following an increase in tensions in the region. (MSN)
- Ukraine closes its civilian airspace nationwide due to potential hazards. (Reuters)
- Russia closes its airspace in a region to the east of its border with Ukraine. (FlightGlobal)
- Reactions to the 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
- 2021–2022 Russo-Ukrainian crisis
Arts and culture
- Tunisia announces that they will remove Death on the Nile from theaters over Gal Gadot’s role in the film and her normalization of Israel. (Al Mayadeen)
Business and economy
- 2021–2022 global energy crisis
- Brent Crude oil reaches its highest price since its 2014 peak, at $99 per barrel, amid rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine. (BBC News)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
- South Korea approves the use of the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children between the ages of 5 and 11 years. (AP)
- South Korea reports a record 171,452 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 2,329,182. (The Straits Times)
- COVID-19 vaccination in South Korea
- COVID-19 pandemic in Cambodia, COVID-19 vaccination in Cambodia
- Cambodia begins its COVID-19 vaccination rollout for children over the age of three years, becoming the world's first country to administer vaccines for children under the age of five years. (Bangkok Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
- Hong Kong reports a record 8,674 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the territory-wide total of confirmed cases to 75,248. (South China Morning Post)
- COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea
- COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, COVID-19 drug development
- The Canadian government signs an agreement with AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of the Evushield COVID-19 antibody therapy for use in high-risk patients. (CTV News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
Politics and elections
- Canada convoy protest
- Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau revokes the state of emergency that was declared under the Emergencies Act on February 14. (Reuters)