Prologue Journal – Page 35427 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

New public transport pass deals to be rolled out in Kaohsiung, Tainan

Taipei, April 12 (CNA) Kaohsiung will slash the price of its monthly public transport pass to NT$399 (US$13.06) later this month, while neighboring Tainan will begin offering its own monthly pass for NT$299 in late May, the two city governments announced this week. https://focustaiwan.tw/society/202304120013

Putin still believes he can grind down Ukraine and the West – CIA director

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/04/12/7159655/

Volcano spews ash cloud for 2nd day on Russia’s Kamchatka

Washington Post A massive volcanic eruption is spewing out ash for a second day on Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, throwing clouds of dust high into the sky and blanketing wide areas https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/russia-volcano-eruption-kamchatka-shiveluch/68495fae-d913-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

China proposes international investigation into US bioweapons programs

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. As Wang Wenbin pointed out, the US was more active than others in implementing military-biological projects, at the same time refusing any international control https://tass.com/defense/1603013

Pope evokes cold-war replay, says leaders should avoid arms

Washington Post Pope Francis has evoked memories of the 1960s Cold War and urged world leaders to use reason, not weapons https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/04/12/pope-francis-ukraine-war-peace/c5717de2-d913-11ed-aebd-3fd2ac4c460a_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Russians prepare evacuation plan from Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant

Pravda Ukraine Russian occupiers are preparing a plan to evacuate Rosatom employees from the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in the city of Enerhodar. Source: Press office of the National Resistance Center Details: According to the National Resistance Center, collaborators and employees of Rosatom brought in by the Russians have been warned that forced evacuation…

Russian MFA communicates with US embassy over Gershkovich case in working mode

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. According to the Federal Security Service (FSB) Gershkovich, “acting on instructions from the American side, was collecting state secrets about the activities of one of the enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Russia” https://tass.com/politics/1603011

19 Japanese phone scam suspects deported from Cambodia amid crackdown

Disclaimer: The South China Morning Post’s content is directed by the Chinese Communist Party. It is not a reliable news source. It’s thought the gang repeatedly sought to defraud people by tricking them into thinking they had overdue payments for paid subscription websites in Japan. https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3216805/19-japanese-phone-scam-suspects-deported-cambodia-amid-crackdown?utm_source=rss_feed

US classified data leak could be deliberate attempt to mislead Russia — senior diplomat

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Given that the US is a party to the conflict and is, essentially, waging a hybrid war against us, it’s possible that such ploys may be used in order to mislead the adversary, that is, the Russian Federation,” Sergey Ryabkov noted https://tass.com/politics/1603009

Russian combat aircraft hammer Ukrainian troops in Avdeyevka in Donbass

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. It is noted that in the Lisichansk area, an artillery unit from the battlegroup’s 2nd army corps wiped out an enemy ammunition depot near the settlement of Verkhnekamenskoye https://tass.com/politics/1603007