Prologue Journal – Page 39278 – Understanding current events through the lenses of the past and future.

Russian forces evacuating town near occupied nuclear plant, Ukraine says

Jerusalem Post The head of the UN’s nuclear power watchdog said on Saturday the situation around the station, Europe’s largest, has become “potentially dangerous.” https://www.jpost.com/international/article-742308

Rights groups condemn ‘alarming’ police arrests of coronation protesters

Washington Post “These are scenes you’d expect to see in Russia not the UK,” tweeted the U.K. director of Human Rights Watch. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/05/07/uk-police-arrests-coronation-protests/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world

Medvedev expects perpetrators of attack on writer to get long prison terms

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman praised the work of law enforcement officers https://tass.com/politics/1614683

World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank

Jerusalem Post WFP will be forced to suspend food and cash assistance entirely by August due to security concerns with Hamas. https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-742306

Russian troops destroy command post of Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces Center

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Also the command and observation posts of a battalion of the Ukrainian army’s 110th Mechanized Brigade were hit near Avdeyevka https://tass.com/defense/1614691

Russian forces kill over 340 Ukrainian troops, mercenaries in Donetsk area in past day

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Two armored combat vehicles, eight cars and a D-20 howitzer were destroyed https://tass.com/defense/1614689

Ukrainian army loses 85 troops in Kupyansk area — Russian Defense Ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. An armored combat vehicle, two cars and a D-30 howitzer were destroyed https://tass.com/defense/1614687

Russian forces kill up to 75 Ukrainian troops in Krasny Liman area — Defense Ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Aircraft and artillery units of Russia’s Battlegroup Center destroyed three armored combat vehicles, two cars, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system and a D-20 howitzer https://tass.com/defense/1614685

Russian air defenses intercept five HIMARS rockets in past day — Defense Ministry

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Russia’s air defenses also intercepted a Tockha-U missile https://tass.com/defense/1614681

Russian forces hit command post of Ukraine’s 124th Territorial Defense Brigade

Disclaimer: TASS is Russian government propaganda, and not a reliable news source. Also Russian forces hit a communications center of the 81st Aeromobile Brigade in the Donetsk People’s Republic https://tass.com/defense/1614679