Portal:Current events/2024 April 5

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • A Doctors Without Borders office in Pokrovsk is completely destroyed by a Russian missile strike. Five civilians are injured in the attack. (The Guardian)
  • Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • Ukraine's SBU claims to have destroyed six Russian military aircraft and heavily damaged eight others in a drone attack on Morozovsk Air Base in Rostov Oblast. (Reuters) (NOS)
  • Zaporizhzhia strikes
    • At least three people are killed and at least 13 others are injured in a Russian double-tap missile strike in Zaporizhzhia. (The Kyiv Independent) (Reuters)

Business and economy

• The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe launches a new currency, Zimbabwe Gold, backed on gold reserves and foreign currencies amid depreciation of its current currency, the Zimbabwean dollar. (AP)

Disasters and accidents

• 2024 New Jersey earthquake
  • A magnitude 4.8 earthquake strikes northwestern New Jersey, causing tremors throughout the East Coast of the United States. (ABC News)

International relations

• Ecuador–Mexico relations
  • 2024 raid on the Mexican embassy in Ecuador
    • After local police arrest former vice-president Jorge Glas at its embassy in Quito in violation of Article 22 of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, Mexico suspends diplomatic relations with Ecuador. (The Guardian)
• Armenia–European Union relations
  • Armenia and the European Union agree on a landmark deal to support the Armenian economy over the next four years following high-level talks in Brussels. The €270m support package is designed to help Armenia become less dependent on Russia. (Politico)
• Belarus–NATO relations
  • President Alexander Lukashenko announces that Belarus will suspend its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe. (AP)

Politics and elections

• Argentina–Venezuela relations
  • The Venezuelan government announces that it will give safe passage to Argentina to six aides of opposition leader María Corina Machado who are taking refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas. (Reuters)
• 2024 Icelandic presidential election
  • Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir resigns and announces that she is standing as a candidate for the presidential election on 1 June. (Reuters)