April 8, 2022 (Friday)
Armed conflicts and attacks
- Russia-Ukraine War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- Kramatorsk railway station attack
- A pair of Russian missiles strike a railway station in Kramatorsk, killing at least 50 people and injuring at least 87 others. (Reuters) (Al Jazeera)
- Kramatorsk railway station attack
- Eastern Ukraine offensive
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Jihadist insurgency in Burkina Faso
- At least 12 soldiers and four paramilitary fighters are killed and 21 others are injured during an attack on an army base in Namissiguima, Burkina Faso. (U.S. News & World Report)
Business and economy
- The Food and Agriculture Organisation's food price index increases by 13% in March to an all-time record of 159.3 points amid fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The price of vegetable oils increases by 23% and the price of cereals increases by 17%. (Reuters)
International relations
- Government and intergovernmental reactions to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Japan–Russia relations
- Japan expels eight Russian diplomats. (Jerusalem Post)
- Japan–Russia relations
Law and crime
- Gretchen Whitmer kidnapping plot
- Two defendants in the case of an apparent plot seeking to kidnap Governor of Michigan, United States, Gretchen Whitmer due to her COVID-19 policies in October 2020 are acquitted by the jury of the charges of conspiring to kidnap. The trial of the other two defendants ends in a hung jury. (NPR)
- The Russian Ministry of Justice revokes the registration of 15 foreign organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch (HRW), and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. No reason is given, but the revocations come days after HRW reported on war crimes committed by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine. (Reuters)
Science and technology
- HD1, the farthest known galaxy, is discovered 13.5 billion light-years away from Earth. (Astronomy.com) (The Harvard Gazette) (Forbes)