Wars in the World

Wars and Main Events on 2023

• January

  • 01

    • Colombia: Colombia agrees ceasefire with 5 main armed groups

  • 03

    • Ukraine: Ukraine claims 400 Russian soldiers killed in strike in Makiivka, Moscow says 63

  • 04

    • Cameroon: Military crushes separatist rebellion in Ambazonia English-speaking region

  • 06

    • Russia: Putin orders truce for 36 hours in Ukraine but Kyiv won’t take part

  • 12

    • Ukraine: Ukraine says Russian claims about control of Soledar untrue, fighting continues

  • 14

    • Ukraine: Drone footage shows Ukrainian forces trapping fighters from Russia’s Wagner Group in a lethal crossfire

  • 18

    • Sudan: 2 Darfur former rebel groups and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) form a special joint force

  • 20

    • Somalia: Army downed over 40 al-Shabaab militants and destroyed anti-aircraft autocannon

  • 24

    • Ukraine: Over 100 Russian soldiers buried under rubble after Ukrainian strike on a military base

  • 26

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Fresh clashes erupted between M23 rebels and government forces

  • 27

    • Russia: Russia strikes Ukraine’s cities hours after Western countries pledge tanks to Kyiv

  • 29

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels take eastern town of Kitshanga, army claims tactical retreat

  • 31

    • Pakistan: Mosque suicide bomber kills 59 people and wounds over 150, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack

• February

  • 03

    • Israel: Israel carries out airstrikes on Gaza Strip

  • 06

    • Ukraine: Ukraine prepares for renewed Russian offensive

  • 08

    • Indonesia: West Papua Liberation Army (WPLA) separatist rebels take New Zealand pilot hostage in Papua

  • 11

    • Somaliland: At least 24 dead in fighting between army and militias in Las Anod

  • 14

    • Colombia: Colombia and National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels resume peace talks in Mexico after ceasefire confusion

  • 17

    • Rwanda: Rwanda accuses Democratic Republic of the Congo soldiers of attack on army border post

  • 20

    • Ukraine: Kyiv confirms almost 143,000 Russian losses since the beginning of the war

  • 23

    • Burma-Myanmar: Over 20 military junta forces killed in 3 days of resistance attacks

  • 24

    • Cameroon: Scores killed in battles between army and Ambazonia separatists

    • Ukraine: World shows solidarity with Ukraine on anniversary of Russian invasion

  • 27

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels capture more ground as fighting intensifies with government forces

• March

  • 02

    • Ukraine: Armed forces may pull out of key city of Bakhmut

  • 05

    • Somaliland: More than 200 killed and nearly 700 wounded in clashes between security forces and local clans

  • 07

    • Burma-Myanmar: 35 military junta forces killed in 3 days of resistance attacks

  • 10

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels clash with army in east after failed ceasefire

  • 12

    • Russia: Russian advance in Bakhmut in Ukraine could come with heavy losses

  • 14

    • Puntland: Al-Shabaab and Islamic State (ISIS) militants clashed in Somalia

  • 17

    • Burma-Myanmar: Military junta deploys more troops for offensive in Karenni State

  • 19

    • Democratic Republic of the Congo: M23 rebels pull back in east as regional force deploys

  • 21

    • Somaliland: Clashes between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland army accused of killing prisoners

  • 23

    • Syria: Syria says Israel attacked Aleppo airport without causing casualties

  • 24

    • Yemen: 10 soldiers killed as fighting with Houthis resumes in Marib

  • 27

    • Somaliland: Somaliland escalates war on Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) Somali unification movement

  • 30

    • Ukraine: Ukraine hits Russian-held city deep behind front line as talk of counteroffensive grows

• April

  • 02

    • Pakistan: Army says 4 soldiers killed in attack near Iran border

  • 03

    • South Sudan: South Sudanese troops join regional force in east Democratic Republic of the Congo

  • 07

    • Israel: Israel targeted by rocket fire from Gaza and Lebanon at start of Passover

  • 10

    • Ukraine: Heavy losses among Wagner group force Russia to deploy elite army units to storm Bakhmut

  • 16

    • Sudan: Army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) battle over key sites leaving 56 civilians dead

  • 18

    • Ukraine: Unprecedented bloody battles in Bakhmut, reports Ukrainian military

  • 21

    • Sudan: 320 Sudanese soldiers flee to Chad amid deadly clashes

  • 24

    • Sudan: Diplomats and foreign nationals evacuated due to violent fighting

  • 26

    • Ukraine: Gun battle between Wagner group and Russian troops

  • 30

    • Russia: Enemy drones hit Sevastopol, Russia blames Ukraine for Crimea oil reservoir fire

• May

  • 04

    • Russia: Russia says Ukraine tried to kill Putin with night-time drone attack on Kremlin

  • 10

    • Israel: Israeli strikes in Gaza Strip kill 3 Islamic Jihad senior operatives and at least 10 civilians

  • 15

    • Ukraine: Ukraine says its forces captured over 10 Russian enemy positions in Bakhmut

  • 17

    • Sudan: Airstrikes hit Khartoum as fighting between army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) intensifies

  • 22

    • Russia: Putin claims capture of Bakhmut as Ukraine insists battle not over

  • 24

    • Russia: Anti-Putin Russians say they launched a cross-border attack from Ukraine

  • 28

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian army shells Russian positions at occupied Berdiansk

  • 30

    • Kosovo: Nato soldiers injured in Kosovo clashes with Serb protesters