Prologue Journal – Page 32494 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Ukraine is creating reserve of personnel to work in liberated territories

Pravda Ukraine The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine has approved a mechanism for creating a reserve of employees to work in the liberated Ukrainian territories. Source: press service for the Ministry of Reintegration of Temporarily Occupied Territories Quote: “This will help with staffing military administrations and other government agencies on the liberated territories. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7403521/

Russia coming together, national pride overflowing, says Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Russia is going through difficult times now; things have never been easy, but, still, today we are seeing a moment of our common consolidation,” the Russian leader said https://tass.com/politics/1621883

Counter-terrorist operation regime in Belgorod Region cancelled — governor

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. On Tuesday, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that, during the counter-terrorist operation, Russian forces blocked and defeated Ukrainian nationalist units that intruded into the region https://tass.com/society/1621881

VTB head says issue of payments in yuan with third countries being worked out

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. China is currently Russia’s biggest financial partner despite the small share of the yuan in global payments https://tass.com/economy/1621879

Putin’s phrase about ‘whacking terrorists in outhouse’ still relevant — Kremlin spokesman

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. At the start of the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus in September 1999, Vladimir Putin, then Russia’s prime minister, declared that terrorists would be chased everywhere https://tass.com/society/1621877

Gazprom may not pay dividends for 2022

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the report, net profit of Gazprom, attributable to the shareholders of the company, under IFRS decreased by 41.4% and amounted to about 1.226 trillion rubles at the end of 2022 against 2.093 trillion rubles a year earlier https://tass.com/economy/1621875

Sex Abuse in Catholic Church: Over 1,900 Minors Abused in Illinois, State Says

New York Times A new report by the attorney general of Illinois covering decades names more than 450 credibly accused sexual abusers, including priests and lay religious brothers. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/us/illinois-catholic-church-sex-abuse.html

Tim Scott takes on ‘radical left’ in first 2024 ad, says he’s ‘living proof’ of American Dream

Fox News Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina showcases how he’s “living proof that America is the land of opportunity” in the first TV commercials of his newly announced 2024 campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. “I was raised by a single mother in poverty. She taught me to have stubborn faith, faith in God,…

Arian Moayed Plays Creepy Men for Thoughtful Reasons

New York Times In roles in HBO’s “Succession” and “A Doll’s House” on Broadway, politics are never far from mind for the Iranian American actor. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/23/theater/arian-moayed-succession-a-dolls-house.html

EU has given 220,000 artillery shells to Ukraine since beginning of 2023 – EU Foreign Affairs Representative

Pravda Ukraine Since the beginning of the year, EU countries have already transferred more than 200,000 pieces of ammunition, as well as missiles, to Ukraine, as part of the initiative to provide the country with 1 million projectiles over the year. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/05/23/7403519/