What happened on the day of May 23rd. The main thing

The death toll from an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on a dormitory in Starobilsk, Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), has risen to 18. An accident at a mine in China killed 90 people. The drop to the historical minimum of gas injection in the storage facilities of the European Union (EU). US President Donald Trump's assessment of the likelihood of a renewed war with Iran. For more information, see the Izvestia article.

Ukrainian Armed Forces attack on college in Starobilsk

The number of children killed in the attack of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on a hostel in Starobilsk of the LPR has increased to 18. The Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Russian Federation noted that three more people may be under the rubble.

Coal mine accident in China

Reuters reported an increase in the death toll from a gas explosion at the Lushenyu coal mine in Changzhi city in northern China to 90 people. Chinese President Xi Jinping ordered a thorough investigation into the causes of the accident and bring those responsible to justice. Russian President Vladimir Putin conveyed his deep condolences to the Chinese president in connection with the tragedy at the coal mine.

Gas injection in EU storage facilities has fallen to a historic low.

Gazprom's press service reported that gas injection into European underground storage facilities (UGS), as of May 20, showed the lowest rate in the history of observations.

"On May 20, another record of gas injection into European underground storage facilities was recorded. According to Gas Infrastructure Europe, the replenishment of reserves fell to the lowest level for these days in the entire history of observations," the corporation's Telegram channel says.

We began to count the wounds: what did the global fuel and energy sector lose in the Iranian war

The production infrastructure of the world's largest oil and gas region has been severely affected by the fighting

Trump assessed the chances of a deal or war with Iran

Trump assessed the likelihood of reaching an agreement with Iran or a resumption of the conflict as 50-50. The American leader also said that he would hold a meeting with senior advisers to discuss the details of Iran's updated proposal and could make a decision in the near future.

An Iraqi who was preparing an assassination attempt on Trump's daughter was extradited to the United States

The New York Post reported that Turkish authorities have extradited to the United States an Iraqi man linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), who was plotting an assassination attempt on the daughter of the head of the White House, Ivanka.

"He went around telling people, 'We need to kill Ivanka in order to burn down Trump's house the same way he burned down our house. We heard that he had a plan to take over Ivanka's house in Florida," Entifad Kanbar, former deputy military attache at the Iraqi Embassy in Washington, told NYP.