Portal:Current events/2022 April 6
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
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
Law and crime
- A man rams his vehicle into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania. The attacker dies after setting himself on fire inside the car. (Gazeta de Cluj) (Reuters)
- Former President of Burkina Faso Blaise Compaoré is found guilty for complicity of murdering the country's first president, Thomas Sankara. (The Guardian)