Current events: 2023-05-20

[Wikipedia Current Events]

Armed conflicts and attacks

• Russian invasion of Ukraine
  • Battle of Bakhmut
    • Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin says that they have captured the entirety of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast. The Ukrainian Defence Ministry rejects this claim, saying that its forces still control a district on the westernmost edge of the city. (CNN)
• 2023 Sudan conflict
  • Battle of Khartoum
    • Fighting in Khartoum between rival factions intensifies, with damage reported at the embassy of Qatar. (AFP via France 24)

Sports

• 2022–23 Premier League
  • Manchester City win their third consecutive Premier League title after title contenders Arsenal lose 1–0 to Nottingham Forest at the City Ground. (BBC Sport)

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