Wednesday

April 2, 2025

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War

Russian invasion of Ukraine

Kharkiv strikes

Russian forces target Kharkiv with at least 13 Geran-2 drones, causing fires in industrial and residential areas and injuring eight people, including a child. (Ukrainska Pravda)

Kryvyi Rih strikes

A Russian missile strike on an industrial park in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, kills at least four people and injures 14 others. (Reuters)

Sudanese civil war

Middle Eastern crisis

Israeli invasion of Syria

The Israeli Air Force launches airstrikes in Syria targeting the remaining "military infrastructure", destroying much of Hama Air Base and Tiyas Air Base, including all remaining hangars and radars. The Barzah scientific research centre is also reportedly bombed. (The Times of Israel)

Gaza war

Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces the country's military will seize large areas of land in the Gaza Strip and establish a new occupation zone called the Morag Corridor, potentially stretching from Rafah to Khan Younis. (AP)

Iran–United States relations

The United States Air Force deploys 6 nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia, amid rising tensions with Iran over their nuclear program. (AP)

Myanmar civil war

The Myanmar government declares a temporary ceasefire with the National Unity Government-in-exile and its various allied ethnic armed organizations to facilitate relief efforts following the MW 7.7 earthquake in the country several days ago. The ceasefire is expected to last until April 22. (DW)

M23 campaign (2022–present)

2025 Walikale offensive

Wazalendo militias break through March 23 Movement (M23) positions in Kampala, DRC, and launch an attack on the M23 rebels in Walikale. (Critical Threats)

Mexican drug war

An elder peasant is killed after the blasts of a landmine when was riding his motorcycle in a rural road in the community of Puerta de Alambre, Apatzingán municipality, Michoacán. (Proceso)

Arts and culture

Archaeologists with the Vienna Museum announce the discovery of a mass grave in Simmering district in Vienna, Austria, of around 150 Ancient Roman soldiers from the 1st century who likely died in a battle. (DW) (Caledonian Record)