Current events: 2023-04-13

Wikipedia Current Events · Apr 13, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - The European Council agrees to donate one billion euros worth of ammunition to Ukraine through an EU financing instrument. (tagesschau)
  - The German government approves a request by Poland for the export of former GDR MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine. (tagesschau)
- Battle of Bakhmut
  - In the battle of Bakhmut, Russian forces are able to reach the centre of the city according to Ukrainian and Russian information. (Spiegel)
Myanmar civil war
- Four peple are killed and 12 others are injured when a series of car bombs explode in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar, during a Thingyan festival. (WION)

Disasters and accidents

Health and environment

South Korea announces that it will conduct radiation tests on 89 defectors from North Korea from May. (Yonhap)

International relations

Law and crime

2023 Pentagon document leaks
- The U.S. FBI arrests a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman for leaking the documents to a Discord gaming group. (NBC News)
The Ugandan military kills notorious criminal Tom Lopusi, who led a massive jailbreak in Moroto District in September 2020. (Xinhua)
A 38-year-old tech consultant from Emeryville, California, United States, is arrested for killing Cash App founder Bob Lee earlier in the month. (BBC News)

Politics and elections

The parliament of Malawi approves a new defence act, expanding its Defence Force with the creation of a fourth service. (NyasaTimes)
The government of Bolivia calls on the armed forces to tighten border controls to prevent smuggling of state-subsidized fuel. (Reuters)

Privacy & Transparency