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****Russia says that it will end their invasion if [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] agrees to conditions set during negotiations, specifically a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not join [[NATO]] by changing the [[Ukrainian constitution]] to include such a provision. Russia also says that it [[Kyiv offensive (2022)|suspended operations]] in [[Kyiv]] as a "goodwill gesture" in order to promote peace talks. [https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ukraine-russia-lists-goodwill-gesture-for-talks-but-has-a-condition-to-end-war-101649239938256.html (''Hindustan Times'')] |
****Russia says that it will end their invasion if [[President of Ukraine|Ukrainian President]] [[Volodymyr Zelenskyy]] agrees to conditions set during negotiations, specifically a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not join [[NATO]] by changing the [[Ukrainian constitution]] to include such a provision. Russia also says that it [[Kyiv offensive (2022)|suspended operations]] in [[Kyiv]] as a "goodwill gesture" in order to promote peace talks. [https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/ukraine-russia-lists-goodwill-gesture-for-talks-but-has-a-condition-to-end-war-101649239938256.html (''Hindustan Times'')] |
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*[[Afghanistan conflict (1978–present)|Afghanistan conflict]] |
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**A hand [[grenade]] is thrown into the [[Pul-e Khishti Mosque]] in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], killing at least one injuring five people. [https://www.laprensalatina.com/at-least-1-dead-5-wounded-in-attack-on-mosque-in-afghan-capital/ (La |
**A hand [[grenade]] is thrown into the [[Pul-e Khishti Mosque]] in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], killing at least one injuring five people. [https://www.laprensalatina.com/at-least-1-dead-5-wounded-in-attack-on-mosque-in-afghan-capital/ (La Prensa Latina)] [https://www.dw.com/en/afghanistan-explosion-at-major-kabul-mosque-injures-several/a-61377069 (Deutsche Welle)] |
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**Three missiles land near an [[oil refinery]] in [[Erbil]], [[Iraqi Kurdistan]]. There is no damage and no one is killed or injured. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-missiles-fall-near-refinery-iraqs-erbil-iraq-state-news-agency-citing-2022-04-06/ (Reuters)] |
**Three missiles land near an [[oil refinery]] in [[Erbil]], [[Iraqi Kurdistan]]. There is no damage and no one is killed or injured. [https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/three-missiles-fall-near-refinery-iraqs-erbil-iraq-state-news-agency-citing-2022-04-06/ (Reuters)] |
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Revision as of 12:35, 7 April 2022
April 6, 2022 (Wednesday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- Russian forces shell Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk Oblast, setting ten high-rise buildings on fire. (The Guardian)
- Two civilians are reported to have been killed by the Russian military in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast. According to Ukrainian authorities, five people were injured. (Reuters)
- Battle of Sievierodonetsk
- 2022 Russia–Ukraine peace negotiations
- Russia says that it will end their invasion if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees to conditions set during negotiations, specifically a legal guarantee that Ukraine will not join NATO by changing the Ukrainian constitution to include such a provision. Russia also says that it suspended operations in Kyiv as a "goodwill gesture" in order to promote peace talks. (Hindustan Times)
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Afghanistan conflict
- A hand grenade is thrown into the Pul-e Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least one injuring five people. (La Prensa Latina) (Deutsche Welle)
- Iraqi conflict
- Three missiles land near an oil refinery in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. There is no damage and no one is killed or injured. (Reuters)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo test positive for COVID-19 after attending the Gridiron Club's annual dinner in Washington, D.C.. Several other attendees also tested positive. (NBC News)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Washington, D.C.
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
Law and crime
- A man sets himself on fire and rams his vehicle into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania. (Gazeta de Cluj) (Reuters)
- Former President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré is found guilty of complicity in the murder of the country's first president, Thomas Sankara, and is sentenced in absentia to life imprisonment. Compaoré has been in exile in Ivory Coast ever since resigning to the presidency following the 2014 Burkina Faso uprising. (The Guardian)
- Poland arrests two Belarusian citizens on charges of spying for Minsk. (Reuters)
Politics and elections
- 2019–2022 Sudanese protests
- A protester is shot dead as security forces confront anti-coup demonstrations in the state of Khartoum, Sudan. (Reuters)
- The governing coalition of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett loses its majority in the Knesset after coalition whip Idit Silman of the Yamina party defects to the opposition Likud party, raising the possibility of new elections in Israel for the fifth time in four years. (Axios)