Portal:Current events/2023 April 13

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Foreign involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • The European Council agrees to donate a 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 sources. (Spiegel)
• Myanmar civil war
  • Four people are killed and 12 others are injured by a series of car bombings during a Thingyan festival in Lashio, Shan State, Myanmar. (WION)
• The Sudanese government warns of a possible conflict after the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group mobilizes in several Sudanese cities. (Al Jazeera)

Disasters and accidents

• 2022–23 Australian region cyclone season
  • Cyclone Ilsa
    • Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse in Western Australia, Australia, as a category five cyclone. (ABC News Australia)
• One person is killed and 34 others are injured after a tour bus crashes in Chungju, South Korea. (AP)
• Two people are killed after heavy rain causes flash flooding across Iran. (AP)

International relations

• Japan–North Korea relations
  • 2021–2023 North Korean missile tests
    • North Korea launches a ballistic missile towards northern Japan, prompting evacuation orders in Hokkaido, before the missile falls into the sea. (Al Jazeera)

Law and crime

• 2023 Pentagon document leaks
  • The U.S. FBI arrests 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira for allegedly leaking government 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 this month. (BBC News)
• The Court of Appeal of the Republic of Moldova sentences the pro-Russian oligarch Ilan Shor to 15 years in prison in absentia. (Reuters)

Politics and elections

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