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April 24, 2022 (2022-04-24) (Sunday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russo-Ukrainian War
- 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Ukrainian authorities say a person has been killed by overnight shelling in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. (Reuters)
  - Russian state media reports that Ukraine has launched rockets into a village in Belgorod Oblast, Russia. (Reuters)
  - The Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs vetoes Germany's request to re-export Swiss ammunition to Ukraine on the basis of its neutrality, the daily SonntagsZeitung reports. (Reuters)
  - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are to arrive today in Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Al Jazeera)
  - The Russian embassy in Tehran denies that Iran was a secret armament supplier for the Russian war effort. (Tasnim News Agency)
Internal conflict in Myanmar
- 2021–2022 Myanmar insurgency
  - Family members of the military junta staff of the commercial city of Yangon are seeking refuge in the country's capital Naypyidaw as urban fighting increases between the junta and the insurgency. (MyanmarNews)

Disasters and accidents

Ten people are confirmed dead after the Kazu I sightseeing boat went missing off the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, with 26 on board; 16 are still missing. (BBC News)

Politics and elections