20 May 2023

May 2023 in brief

Russian shelling hit a supermarket and a railway station in Kherson region, killing at least 21 people and wounding 48, Zelenskyy said, and a missile strike destroyed a clinic in Dnipro, killing two civilians according to Ukrainian officials. ^[1][2] WHO recorded attacks affecting health facilities in Zhytomyr, and Ukraine's commander-in-chief said all 18 missiles fired at Kyiv in one attack, including six Kinzhals, were shot down, with three people injured according to the mayor. ^[1][2] After threatening to pull Wagner out of Bakhmut over ammunition, Prigozhin said the city had been completely taken and Russia's defence ministry announced its capture, a claim Ukraine disputed, saying its troops still held part of the western outskirts. ^[1][2] The Kremlin said drones had targeted it in an attempt on Putin's life, a claim Zelenskyy denied and the US said it could not validate, and drones later struck Moscow in an attack Russian officials blamed on Ukraine. ^[1][4] Armed groups of Russian nationals crossed from Ukraine into Belgorod oblast, where Russian authorities said two civilians died and claimed more than 70 attackers were killed; Ukraine denied involvement. ^[1] Mediazona and Meduza estimated from Russia's probate registry that about 47,000 Russian combatants had been killed, within a range of 40,000 to 55,000. ^[1] Russia agreed to stay in the Black Sea grain deal for another 60 days, and UN Secretary-General Guterres said it had let more than 30 million tonnes of grain and foodstuffs leave Ukrainian ports. ^[1]

Written from the records it cites; every figure appears in a cited record.