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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)

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)

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