Current events: 2023-05-28

Wikipedia Current Events · May 28, 2023

Armed conflicts and attacks

Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Two people are killed and three others are injured in a "record drone attack" on Kyiv. Ukrainian authorities claim to have shot down 52 of 54 drones. (Euronews)
Kivu conflict
- Two rangers are killed in a shooting at Virunga National Park in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Reuters)
2023 Manipur violence
- Thirty-three tribal militants are killed by soldiers during an operation in Manipur, India, following ethnic clashes in the region. (Reuters)

Disasters and accidents

Three people are injured in Battagram District, Pakistan, after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake strikes Badakshan, Afghanistan. (Dawn)
One person is killed and several others are missing after a boat capsizes on Lake Maggiore in Lombardy, Italy. (AP)

Politics and elections

2023 Turkish presidential election
- Citizens in Turkey head to the polls to vote in the second round of the presidential election. (AP)
- Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is declared the winner by the Supreme Election Council, defeating his opponent Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu with 52 percent of the vote. (Tagesschau)
Local and regional elections are held in Spain. (El País)
Somalia announces that beginning next year, the country will change to a presidential system and elect officials by direct vote, ending more than three decades of indirect voting where lawmakers elected the country's leaders with the approval of clan and elderly leaders. (Reuters)

Sports