Current events: 2023-05-14

Wikipedia Current Events · May 14, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Battle of Donbas
  - The Russian Ministry of Defence announces the death of two commanders defending Russian positions against Ukrainian attacks in Bakhmut and the village of Sontsivka west of Donetsk. (Novaya Gazeta Europe)

Disasters and accidents

2023 North Indian Ocean cyclone season
- Bangladesh and Myanmar order massive evacuations as Cyclone Mocha makes landfall in both countries' coastal areas. Three people are killed in Myanmar. (AP)
At least 26 people are killed when a van crashes into a freight truck in Tamaulipas, Mexico. (AP)

International relations

Politics and elections

2023 Turkish presidential election, 2023 Turkish parliamentary election
- Turks head to the polls to elect a president for a term of five years as well as the members of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. (Al Jazeera)
2023 Thai general election
- Thai citizens head to the polls to elect the members of the House of Representatives. (Los Angeles Times)
Prime Minister of Belarus Roman Golovchenko addresses the nation on the anniversary of the 1995 Belarusian referendum, one day after it was reported that President Alexander Lukashenko had been hospitalised. (BBC News)