TIL Date: 2022-04
47 headlines found.
- Red Cross convoy with aid for Mariupol stranded in Zaporizhzhia over concerns about security guarantees.
April 1, 2022 - Ukraine's foreign ministry says it can not confirm or deny whether its helicopter forces attacked an oil depot in Belgorod, Russia.
April 1, 2022 - Amazon workers on Staten Island vote for a union.
April 1, 2022 - Russians booby-trapping homes as they retreat, claims Zelenskiy. Ukraine's president says the Russians are leaving mines as they withdraw; central cities hit by new missile strikes.
April 2, 2022 - Thick smoke covering the skies over the strategic southern port city of Odesa, after Russian air strikes oil refinery.
April 3, 2022 - Zelenskiy calls Russian forces "butchers" after civilian mass graves found around Kyiv.
April 4, 2022 - Bucha killings: Satellite image of bodies site contradicts Russian claims.
April 5, 2022 - Zelensky told UN Security Council to remove Russia or "dissolve yourself."
April 6, 2022 - The Senate voted 53 to 47 to confirm Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, making her the first Black woman elevated to the Supreme Court.
April 7, 2022 - Women and children urged to leave Dnipro; Nato warns war could last for years.
April 7, 2022 - Russia suspended from human rights council after UN general assembly vote.
April 7, 2022 - 'Dozens' of civilians feared killed or wounded in Russian missile strike on Kramatorsk train station – Donetsk governor. Two Russian rockets have struck railway station in eastern Ukraine, causing casualties – reports.
April 8, 2022 - Ukrainians shocked by 'crazy' scene at Chernobyl after Russian pullout reveals radioactive contamination.
April 9, 2022 - Chancellor Rishi Sunak is demanding a Whitehall inquiry to find out who leaked details about his wife's tax arrangements.
April 10, 2022 - Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer is set to meet Vladimir Putin on Monday, the first European leader to meet the Russian president since Russia invaded Ukraine at the end of February.
April 11, 2022 - Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to be fined over lockdown parties.
April 12, 2022 - The US has announced an additional $800m in military assistance to Ukraine.
April 13, 2022 - Russian warship Moskva has sunk – defence ministry.
April 13, 2022 - Ukraine's President Zelensky to BBC: Blood money being paid for Russian oil.
April 14, 2022 - Ukraine says it has arrested fugitive pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk, seen as President Vladimir Putin's closest ally in the country.
April 14, 2022 - Elon Musk makes offer to buy Twitter
April 14, 2022 - The SAS, Britain's famed special forces corps, has been training Ukrainian soldiers on the ground in the Kyiv region.
April 15, 2022 - Twitter has adopted what is known as a "limited-duration shareholder rights plan", also known as a "poison pill".
April 15, 2022 - Liz Sheridan, 'Seinfeld' actress, dead at 93
April 16, 2022 - Moscow formally warns of "unpredictable consequences" if the US and allies keep supplying weapons to Ukraine.
April 16, 2022 - Easter Sunday
April 17, 2022 - Russian deadline for Mariupol defenders to "surrender or die" passes.
April 17, 2022 - Home Secretary Priti Patel has hit back at critics of the government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, saying they have failed to offer solutions.
April 18, 2022 - Russian forces attacking entire eastern front line.
April 19, 2022 - US judge throws out Biden mask mandate for planes and trains.
April 19, 2022 - 'Facing our last days, if not hours', Ukrainian commander in Mariupol pleads.
April 20, 2022 - Netflix loses subscribers for first time in 10 years – and considers advertisements.
April 20, 2022 - Florida legislature approves end of Disney's special status in retaliation for "don't say gay bill".
April 21, 2022 - Mariupol steelworks: 'Block it so a fly can't pass,' Putin orders
April 21, 2022 - Russia still bombing Azovstal steelworks, Ukraine says; UN secretary general to meet Putin.
April 22, 2022 - Tories face heavy local election losses over Partygate, PM told.
April 23, 2022 - Russia fails to make major gains in Ukraine.
April 23, 2022 - Russia is forcibly deporting Mariupol residents, Ukraine says.
April 24, 2022 - Emmanuel Macron has beaten far-right candidate Marine Le Pen to win the French presidency.
April 24, 2022 - The $44 billion deal, which was unanimously approved by Twitter's board, is expected to close this year.
April 25, 2022 - World's oldest person, Kane Tanaka, dies in Japan aged 119
April 25, 2022 - We must end war, says UN chief ahead of Putin talks.
April 26, 2022 - Judge holds former President Trump in civil contempt for failing to comply with document subpoenas from New York attorney general.
April 26, 2022 - Russian energy firm Gazprom says it has cut gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria over their refusal to pay in roubles.
April 27, 2022 - 'War is evil': UN chief visits destroyed town near Kyiv. Antonio Guterres says war in the 21st century is an "absurdity" as he visits sites around Ukraine's capital. Russian missiles hit Kyiv during UN chief's visit Zelensky says strike on capital after talks with Antonio Guterres 'requires an appropriate, powerful response'.
April 28, 2022 - Ukraine says Russia 'robbing' wheat as war in east rages.
April 29, 2022 - Russia has been forced to merge and redeploy units from failed advances in Ukraine's north-east.
April 30, 2022