Current events: 2023-05-03

Wikipedia Current Events · May 3, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- 2023 Kremlin drone attack, 2022–2023 Western Russia attacks
  - Russia accuses Ukraine of attempting to assassinate President Vladimir Putin after two drones were shot down near the Kremlin. A spokesman claimed that Putin was not inside the Kremlin at the time of the attack. A video shows at least one drone hitting the compound. Ukraine denies any involvement in the attack. (BBC News)
- 2022–2023 Crimea attacks
  - Russia's Federal Security Service says that it has arrested seven Ukrainian agents who were allegedly planning a "series of high-profile sabotage and terrorist acts" in Crimea, including an attack on the Head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov. (Reuters)
- Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
  - Russian forces shell Kherson Oblast, killing 16 civilians and injuring 22 others. (Reuters)
2023 Sudan conflict
- Evacuation of foreign nationals during the 2023 Sudan conflict
  - Australia's Royal Australian Air Force evacuates 36 Australians from Sudan, reportedly overnight. (Sydney Morning Herald) (ABC News Australia)
- The South Sudanese foreign ministry announces that a seven-day ceasefire has been agreed to in Sudan, lasting from May 4 to 11. (Firstpost) (Reuters)
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps seize the Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi in the Strait of Hormuz. (Tasnim News Agency)

Business and economy

Disasters and accidents

2023 Rwanda and Uganda floods
- Ongoing floods have killed 109 people in Rwanda and six people in Uganda. (Reuters)

Law and crime