Prologue Journal – Page 36234 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Putin says grain exports revenues are Ukraine’s main source of foreign exchange earnings

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. “Today, but it seems to me that the grain is Ukraine’s primary source of foreign exchange revenues. Everything else has virtually collapsed,” the Russian president stated https://tass.com/politics/1631643

NATO chief: Ukraine making progress in counteroffensive

Jerusalem Post https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-746180

Polish authorities say woman who died as providers tried to maintain pregnancy should have had abortion option

Fox News Polish health authorities said Monday that there was a violation of patient rights in the case of a woman who died of sepsis in the fifth month of pregnancy last month, a case that has gained scrutiny after a tightening of Poland’s already restrictive abortion law. Poland’s health minister, Adam Niedzielski, also stressed…

Zaluzhnyi tells US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ukraine is executing its counteroffensive plans

Pravda Ukraine In a recent phone call, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, told General Mark Milley, US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about the latest developments on the front in Ukraine. https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/06/13/7406720/

Russia participates in grain deal for poorest countries, not Ukraine — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russia is ready to supply the volume of grain that now comes from Ukraine free of charge to the poorest countries, in the event of its withdrawal from the grain deal, the President said https://tass.com/politics/1631649

Russia was ‘once again deceived’ within grain deal — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The President recalled that the deal included such conditions for Russia as freight, insurance, payments, reconnecting the Russian Agricultural Bank to the SWIFT system https://tass.com/politics/1631647

Russia considers withdrawing from grain deal — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The Russian leader drew attention to the fact that most of the Ukrainian grain, contrary to the agreements, goes to quite prosperous countries of the European Union https://tass.com/politics/1631645

Russia almost triples defense production in one year — Putin

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. The President noted that dozens and hundreds of private Russian companies that previously had nothing to do with the military-industrial complex joined the production of defense products https://tass.com/politics/1631641

Short memory not a good thing, as key Knesset vote looms on judicial overhaul – analysis

Jerusalem Post It is essential for everyone to remember the self-destructive loop the country was entangled in just under three months ago. https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-746177

Meta releases ‘human-like’ AI image creation model

Jerusalem Post The model, I-JEPA, uses background knowledge about the world to fill in missing pieces of images, rather than looking only at nearby pixels like other generative AI models, the company said. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-746176