Prologue Journal – Page 36111 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

SVB Customers Who Lost Their Deposits Remain on the Hook for Loans

Wall Street Journal Customers of Silicon Valley Bank’s Cayman Islands branch who counted on using their deposits to repay credit lines are in a bind after the FDIC seized the funds. https://www.wsj.com/articles/svb-customers-who-lost-their-deposits-remain-on-the-hook-for-loans-5df7963b

How We Told the Story of One Russian’s Surrender to a Ukrainian Drone

Wall Street Journal Aerial footage captured Ruslan Anitin’s bid for survival in its entirety, but it still left questions unanswered. So a WSJ team spent 10 days tracking him down. https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-we-told-the-story-of-one-russians-surrender-to-a-ukrainian-drone-3a1a009e

Flooding Hits American Towns Far From Oceans and Big Rivers

Wall Street Journal Unprecedented storms in Kentucky illustrate a growing and often overlooked threat: severe flooding across the inland U.S. https://www.wsj.com/articles/flooding-inland-climate-change-kentucky-3ed2c7fb

Railway transit of Belarusian cargoes via Russia to rise 3.8-fold in 2023 — minister

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The transportation of Belarusian exports using Russian transport infrastructure “demonstrates stable growth,” Aleksey Avramenko noted https://tass.com/economy/1634905

Russia receives small arms cartridges made by US company Hornady

Pravda Ukraine Russia is evading sanctions and being supplied with cartridges produced by the Hornady American company. Source: Politico media outlet, which investigated how US-made sniper rifle ammunition was being supplied to the Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine Documents, obtained by Politico, suggest that Promtekhnologiya company from Moscow, which got under the US sanctions, and…

Ukrainian army blew up houses with civilians still inside in Artyomovsk — DPR ombudsman

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Artyomovsk resident Yulia told reporters on Monday that seven people were killed when the Ukrainian army blew up a house in Artyomovsk https://tass.com/society/1634903

Hungary de-facto keeps Ukrainian captives transferred by Russia isolated – Ukraine’s MFA

Pravda Ukraine https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/19/7163949/

Bombing in borderline district of Russia’s Kursk Region continues, situation ‘challenging’

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. About 40 incoming strikes hit the borderline Glushkovsky District on Monday morning and the day before https://tass.com/politics/1634893

Two Russian tennis players remain in ATP Rankings Top 10 after Khachanov’s one-place slide

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The remaining spots in the weekly ATP rankings have remained virtually unchanged with Serbia’s Novak Djokovic staying solidly in the top spot for a record 389th week in a row, while two more Russian tennis players, Daniil Medvedev and Andrey Rublev, who compete…

Ukraine’s first lady arrives in Israel to learn about childhood PTSD

Jerusalem Post Zelenska plans to meet with Israeli trauma experts as part of plan to combat childhood trauma from life in war zones. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746815