Prologue Journal – Page 35228 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Your Monday Briefing

New York Times Chaotic fighting in Sudan. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/17/briefing/sudan-fighting-trans-ukraine-grain.html

Abs-olutely! (Monday Crossword, April 17)

Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/abs-olutely-monday-crossword-april-17-89610ba8

The ‘old Europe’ vs. ‘new Europe’ paradigm is back

Washington Post Former secretary of defense Donald H. Rumsfeld’s rubric of an “old Europe” juxtaposed against a more vibrant — and, from Washington’s perspective, amenable — “new” Europe endures, 20 years later. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/17/old-europe-new-rumsfeld-eastern-europe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Northwest China on water alert as Yellow River supplies run low

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. Agricultural users in the Hetao Plain area have been urged to plant drought-tolerant crops. https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3217250/northwest-china-water-alert-yellow-river-supplies-run-low?utm_source=rss_feed

Pepper…and Salt

Wall Street Journal Pepper…and Salt https://www.wsj.com/articles/pepper-and-salt-79cb685f

2 bodies lifted from sea after Japan army helicopter crash

Washington Post Japan’s military has recovered two bodies of the 10 crewmembers from an army helicopter that had sunk to the bottom of the sea https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/16/japan-army-helicopter-crash-bodies-recovered/9a391be4-dcd3-11ed-a78e-9a7c2418b00c_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

World is at pivotal point, Japan’s foreign minister says

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. G7 member-states would like “to work together with developing countries known as the Global South” on various matters, Yoshimasa Hayashi said https://tass.com/world/1605139

Pacific Fleet warships participate in antisubmarine warfare exercise

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Admiral Panteleev large antisubmarine ship and the Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate completed firing from 100 mm and 30 mm artillery pieces against sea and air targets https://tass.com/defense/1605137

Ukraine’s Defence Forces repel over 60 Russian assaults and strike 2 Russian anti-aircraft missile systems – General Staff report

Pravda Ukraine Over the course of the past 24 hours, Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck two Russian anti-aircraft missile systems and shot down four Russian drones. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 06:00 on 17 April Quote: “The enemy is suffering significant losses, and yet continues to focus…

Russian armed forces eliminate three Ukrainian sabotage teams in Kupyansk area

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The official representative of the Western Battle Group, Dmitry Shepelyavtsev, said that during the counter-battery operation, the crews of the Msta-S self-propelled artillery mount destroyed a mortar crew of a 120-mm gun in the area of the settlement Dvurechnoye https://tass.com/defense/1605135