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

• June

  • 01

    • Burma-Myanmar: Intense clashes in Chin and Shan States leave 19 dead

  • 04

    • Ukraine: Zelensky says Ukraine ready to launch counteroffensive

  • 06

    • Somalia: Al-Shabaab fighters stormed a military base killing 54 Uganda soldiers

  • 08

    • Ukraine: Nova Kakhovka dam breach takes Ukraine war into uncharted territory

  • 09

    • Ukraine: Ukraine launches highly anticipated counteroffensive against Russia with Western arms

  • 13

    • Ukraine: Ukraine claims recapture of 7 villages in early stages of counteroffensive

  • 17

    • Sudan: Rebel mobilisation of Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu in south raises fears of conflict spreading

  • 19

    • Uganda: At least 41 people dead after Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attack linked to Islamic State (IS) on Ugandan school

  • 24

    • Russia: Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Wagner group boss, is leading an armed rebellion in Russia

  • 25

    • Russia: Wagner group chief says he ordered his Russian mercenaries to halt march on Moscow and return to Ukraine

• July

  • 04

    • Israel: Israeli forces launch biggest military operation in West Bank’s Jenin since 2002

  • 10

    • Sudan: Army air strike kills at least 22 people in Omdurman

  • 19

    • Cameroon: Separatist rebels killed 10 civilians

  • 23

    • Armenia: Prime Minister says war with Azerbaijan very likely unless peace treaty signed

  • 28

    • Niger: Soldiers say President Amadou Abdramane has been removed by coup d’etat

  • 31

    • Niger: Coup d’etat leaders warn against military intervention by ECOWAS

• August

  • 06

    • Ethiopia: Multiple injuries as Ethiopian military and Fano militia clashed in Amhara region

  • 10

    • Burma-Myanmar: Kachin Independent Army (KIA) seizes 3 key military junta outposts

  • 13

    • Yemen: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) attack kills secessionist commander and three fighters of Security Belt Forces

  • 15

    • Ukraine: Putin’s forces strike eastern towns after Kyiv makes gains in Bakhmut

  • 21

    • Burma-Myanmar: 3 rebel army chiefs predict rapid fall of military junta

  • 24

    • Russia: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin dies in plane crash in Russia

  • 27

    • Libya: Libyan National Army (LNA) launches operations against Chad rebels along border

  • 30

    • Gabon: Coup d’etat, the army cancels elections and seizes power

• September

  • 03

    • Syria: Syrian intra-rebel fighting leaves 1 dead in Aleppo

  • 10

    • Niger: Niger military accuses France of deploying forces with view to intervention

  • 17

    • Mali: Army and northern tuareg rebels report dozens killed in clashes

  • 20

    • Azerbaijan: Azerbaijan launches a military operation against Nagorno-Karabakh and demands surrender

  • 23

    • Nagorno-Karabakh: Armed forces of breakaway Artsakh Republic surrender weapons and military equipment to Azerbaijani military

  • 27

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian forces strike Russian command post with a Himars missile in Kherson region

  • 29

    • Nagorno-Karabakh: Nagorno-Karabakh Republic will cease to exist from Jan 1 2024, say the authorities

• October

  • 01

    • Kosovo: Kosovo demands Serbia withdraw troops from border

  • 03

    • Indonesia: 5 from the West Papua Liberation Army (WPLA) fighters killed in clash with police

  • 07

    • Israel: Israel declares state of war after Hamas fires 5,000 rockets from Gaza Strip

  • 09

    • France: Blue night in Corsica as 20 homes targeted by National Liberation Front of Corsica (FLNC) independentist group

  • 11

    • Palestine: Al-Qassam Brigades launches rocket barrage at Ashkelon in Israel

  • 12

    • Egypt: Egypt claims it warned Israel that Gaza could explode before Hamas assault

  • 14

    • Israel: Israel tells 1.1 million people in Gaza to evacuate toward south. UN says order is impossible

  • 16

    • Ukraine: Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer

  • 18

    • Palestine: Hundreds killed in explosion at Gaza hospital

  • 20

    • Russia: Russia carries out new overnight air strikes on Ukraine

  • 24

    • Burma-Myanmar: Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) strikes back at Myanmar junta’s Mandalay offensive

  • 26

    • Israel: Netanyahu says Israel is preparing ground invasion of Gaza

• November

  • 03

    • Israel: Israel says it has completed the encirclement of Gaza City

  • 06

    • Ukraine: Russians launch missile strike on Donetsk region’s Avdiivka

  • 12

    • Mali: Malian army closes on Tuareg rebel town of Kidal

  • 15

    • Mali: Military junta recaptured Kidal stronghold of Tuareg rebels

  • 17

    • Burma-Myanmar: More Myanmar troops fleeing rebel attacks enter India

  • 21

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian army says advancing at Dnipro river as drones target capitals

  • 24

    • Israel: Qatar says 13 hostages to be released after Israel-Hamas truce starts at 7 am on Friday

• December

  • 03

    • Israel: Israeli offensive moves south in Gaza, driving up death toll a day after truce with Hamas ends

  • 06

    • Ukraine: Russia loses over 9,000 troops to capture Ukraine wasteland

  • 11

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian forces beat back waves of Russian attacks along active frontlines

  • 19

    • Yemen: US, UK forces down 15 drones over Red Sea as Houthis vow to keep up attacks on Israel

  • 24

    • Burma-Myanmar: Brotherhood Alliance seizes another ethnic zone in Shan State

  • 25

    • Somalia: Over 130 al-Shabaab militants killed by army

  • 27

    • Ukraine: Ukrainian army says retreated to outskirts of town of Maryinka claimed by Moscow

  • 31

    • Ukraine: Ukraine launches attacks on Russian border regions after Putin’s barbaric aerial bombardment