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What international events happened on 20 19?
Ukraine Crisis On the morning of February 24th, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a televised speech and decided to launch a special military operation in Donbass. Putin said in his speech that Russia has no plans to occupy Ukraine. Russia has been trying to reach an agreement on NATO's eastward expansion for 30 years, but it has been deceived, pressured and blackmailed. Putin also pointed out that NATO's chariots are moving towards the Russian border. On the morning of February 24th, several explosions were heard over Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Zelensky said in a video speech posted on social media in the early hours of the morning that Ukraine would implement a wartime state. He also expressed the hope that people would stay calm and try not to go out. On May 18, Finnish and Swedish ambassadors to NATO submitted their applications to NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg at a ceremony held at NATO headquarters in Brussels. At the end of September, in the waters near Sweden and Denmark, four leaks were found in the "Beixi-1" and "Beixi -2" pipelines that transported natural gas from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea. The Swedish investigation station has detected two strong underwater explosions in the sea where the pipeline leaked. It is generally believed that this incident was "sabotage". 65438 10/8, according to the Russian National Counter-Terrorism Committee, a truck exploded on the highway bridge of Crimea Bridge, causing seven oil tanks on a freight train on the railway bridge parallel to the highway bridge to be ignited; Some parts of the highway bridge were damaged and collapsed. The Crimean Bridge spans the Kerch Strait, connecting the Crimean Peninsula and Krasnodar Territory of Russia, with a total length of 19 km and a sea-crossing part of 7.5 km. It is a bridge for both railway and highway. 165438+1October 15 According to the Polish news agency, on 15 local time, a missile fell into Poland and exploded, killing two Polish civilians. Poland, NATO and the United States all stated on 16 that the explosion in Dong Bo was caused by Ukrainian air defense missiles, not a deliberate attack on Poland. US Defense Secretary Austin said on June 16 that the explosion was probably caused by Ukrainian air defense missiles that landed in Poland, but Russia should bear the ultimate responsibility. On June 24th, the US Supreme Court overturned the case of Luo v. Wade, which protected women's right to abortion, meaning that women's right to abortion will no longer be protected by the US Constitution. Luo v. Wade is a "landmark" case in which the US Supreme Court ruled on women's right to abortion with 1973. At that time, the Supreme Court ruled that women had the right to abortion and were protected by the Constitution.