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April 6, 2022 (Wednesday)
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Three missiles land near an oil refinery in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan. Two American security personnel are injured.
Four civilians are reported to have been killed by the Russian military in Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast.
Russia says 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 it suspended operations in Kyiv as a "goodwill gesture" in order to promote peace talks.
A hand grenade is thrown into the Pul-e Khishti Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing at least one person and injuring five others.
Disasters and accidents
Health and environment
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.
Law and crime
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.
A man dies after ramming his vehicle into the fence of the Russian Embassy in Bucharest, Romania and setting himself on fire.
Politics and elections
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.
Sports
It is announced that Russian and Belarusian athletes will be banned from participating in the 2022 Boston Marathon due to the invasion.
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