Portal:Current events/2023 April 28
April 28, 2023 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- At least 25 civilians are killed and many others are injured in a new wave of Russian cruise missile strikes across Ukraine. The capital Kyiv is hit for the first time in 51 days. (BBC News) (Reuters)
- 2022–2023 Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
Disasters and accidents
- A fire at a power station in Grenada causes a power outage for the entire island of Carriacou. (Caribbean Loop News)
International relations
- Defence ministers of member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meet in New Delhi, India, to discuss regional security challenges and related issues. (Firstpost)
Law and crime
- 2023 Cleveland, Texas shooting
- Five Hondurans are killed in a mass shooting in a house in Cleveland, Texas, United States. (Reuters)
- Argentine President Alberto Fernández orders the payment of a compensation of $861,860 dollars for the abduction and torture of an Uruguayan couple in 1976 after the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned Argentina for the first time over its failure to investigate and compensate crimes that occurred during its last military dictatorship. (Memo.com.ar)