Portal:Current events/2024 February 20

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Military aid to Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian War
    • Sweden donates its largest military aid package to Ukraine to date with a further $680 million in aid. (Reuters)
• Myanmar civil war
  • The Pa-O National Liberation Army claims that shelling by the Tatmadaw has killed seven refugees in Hsi Hseng. (Radio Free Asia)

Law and crime

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • The Russian Federal Security Service arrests Ksenia Karelina, a dual Russian-American citizen, on suspicion of treason. (The Guardian) (The Moscow Times)
• Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández goes on trial in the United States on drug trafficking and weapons charges. (ABC News)

Science and technology

• Astronomers identify the most luminous object ever observed, QSO J0529-4351, a quasar that accretes around one solar mass per day. (The Guardian) (Nature.com)

Sports

• 2023–24 Champions Hockey League
  • In ice hockey, Genève-Servette HC of the Swiss National League wins their first Champions Hockey League title, defeating Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League 3–2 in the final. (Tribune de Genève)