Daily Chronicles

The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. The rough theme: size of the western catastrophe is beginning to be visible

May 6

I will leave this Daily Chronicle up for one more day as there are many streams and trends now congealing. But, we are, as they say, in a ‘fog’. 

I see from the West Deer in the Headlights syndrome

In the Ukraine Prigozhin is fighting with the Russian MoD (or is he?) supposedly an ammunition shortage and ‘shell hunger’ and already thanked Kadyrov for the offer to replace him in Bakhmut (Artyomovsk).  “I am already contacting his representatives to start transferring positions immediately, so that on May 10, at 00.00, exactly at the moment when, according to our calculations, we will completely exhaust our combat potential, our comrades will take our places and continue assault on the village of Bakhmut,” the head of the Wagner PMC added.

Yet Wagner is still reinforcing and advancing. https://t.me/Slavyangrad/44798  We wait.

Gonzalo – many different things are being said here.  We just don’t know.  He is a divisive character but on Ukraine, he has been consistently reliable, even if it was only his own stream of consciousness. If he is able to contact anyone, it would be his buddies, Two Alexes, Berletic and a few more.  Bear in mind he was under house arrest and could not move.   The hatred to this man in various commenting sections is quite staggering, and only because he says things that others don’t like.  Another ‘we wait’.

May 6

Saturday Satire

May 6 (Now this is what we like to see!)

China will work with Russia to bring about peace between Moscow and Kiev, Foreign Minister Qin Gang said on Thursday after meeting with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. The diplomats discussed the matter on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) foreign ministers summit in Goa, India.

May 5

Lavrov on the attack on the Kremlin:

There is nothing more to expect any new incidents, new provocations. Zelensky and his team are doing everything both in the media space and in their practical steps so that any self-respecting country does not want to communicate with them. And we understand that awareness of this is maturing.

Nevertheless, we have never given up on resolving the problems that arose as a result of the actions of the United States and its satellites in pumping Ukraine with weapons. We see a growing understanding that these problems cannot be reconciled only by running up against the line of contact in the Donbass, as some want to freeze this line and then start thinking about what to do in the future.

Everyone understands the geopolitical nature of what is happening, and everyone understands that without resolving the main geopolitical problem, which is the desire of the West to maintain its hegemony and dictate to everyone and all its will, it is impossible to solve any crises either in Ukraine or in other parts of the world.

We seemingly are experiencing some tech problems.  They are difficulty in commenting and difficulty in logging in.  We’re checking that out and hopefully, it is just a temporary glitch due to a very heavily trafficked site today.

May 3

This, is being passed on furiously:

May 3

There is only one title that fits, and that title is Big Shit! Oops – let me rephrase – There will be hell to pay!

Russia warns of ‘retaliation’ for Ukrainian attack on Kremlin

The authorities have accused Kiev of targeting Putin’s residence with drones

https://www.rt.com/russia/575708-russia-kremlin-attack-retaliation/

May 2

‘The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are engaged in combat all over the line of contact. Despite the military support coming from the West, the enemy is suffering great losses.  The Armed Forces of Ukraine lost some 15,000 fighters in April alone, amid heavy fighting in the contested DPR town of Artemovsk, also known as Bakhmut, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said.

Russia is not in a wait mode now, but the mode has changed.  Russian Air Defence Systems Take Out Three Ukrainian Air Force Planes in Single Day – Two MiG-29s & Su-25 (🇷🇺DefMin).  Across the board, the pace has increased – Restoration Work In New Russian Regions Proceeding At High Pace — President Putin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Kirby’s Estimate of Russian losses:  “The numbers of Russian losses in Ukraine are “plucked from thin air” by Washington.  “Washington does not have the ability to give any correct numbers, they do not have such data,” he stated.  White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby claimed yesterday that since last December Russian army have suffered 100,000 casualties, including 20,000 killed.

May 2

Israeli Airstrike on Syrian Airport – 🇸🇾 State Media

The deadly raid on Tuesday shut down Aleppo international airport, a critical aid channel to Syria, while seven others were injured.

This is just after the Arab states called for the withdrawal of foreign forces from Syria

May 2 marks nine years since the tragic events in Odessa, which culminated in the bone-chilling massacre in the House of Trade Unions.

On that day, Ukrainian radical nationalists intentionally set the building on fire where an opposition group against the new authorities had taken refuge. As a result, 48 people were burned alive, poisoned by carbon monoxide or died after falling from the windows of the upper floors.

The world watched the development practically in real time, with the terrible footage of charred corpses circulating online

May 2

Sudan is not calming down.  On the morning of May 2, more than 200 citizens of Russia, as well as Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Bangladesh, Sudan and Ukrainians, who found themselves in the war zone in Khartoum, arrived at Moscow’s Chkalovsky airport on special flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces from Sudan .  PLA naval vessels – destroyer Nanning and supply ship Weishanhu — are leaving the Red Sea on Tuesday after a successful evacuation of 1,171 people, including 940 Chinese citizens and 231 foreigners from Sudan within 6 days. They will join the Chinese frigate Sanya in the Gulf…

May 2

Despite the so-called Russian part of the Grain Deal being attacked time and time again, Russia is still managing to send fertilizers where it is needed.  India is a hub both for petrochemicals and grains and fertilizers.

https://www.rt.com/africa/575418-russia-fertilizer-exports-asia-africa/

Reality is hitting home:

Around half of European nations now want to improve relations with Russia.

— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) May 2, 2023

All good for the dollar though:

The Air Has Come Out of the Dollar

Decadelong rally leaves U.S. currency as much as 15% overvalued.

https://t.co/YM72fz1rNW

— The Sirius Report (@thesiriusreport) May 2, 2023

Mayday or Worker’s day in a true multipolar socialist country where governance and people work together:

Bolivian factory workers and miners form a protective ring around President Luis Arce who has joined the Mayday march organized by the unions. pic.twitter.com/DYkMHSDT11

— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) May 1, 2023

Mayday or Worker’s day in a capitalist country where governance work for elites:

Emmanuel Macron’s address to the United States Congress pic.twitter.com/DTSzgTm3B5

— Jeremy Loffredo (@loffredojeremy) May 1, 2023

A few tweets from Ramin Mazaheri in Paris

Shot by a tear gas canister – my cameraman, 3 seconds before we were to go live on air #Paris #MayDay.

That’s targeting media.

He’s fine, thank God.

I got the water cannon – meh.

War zone… check how protesters tore apart a metro to get something to fight back with. @PressTV pic.twitter.com/tiA6WVZdMH

— Ramin Mazaheri (@RaminMazaheri2) May 1, 2023

Me weaving thru charging cops on May Day, lol.

I caught some riot shield – no big deal.

Hit by the water cannon twice today! Just trying to film/do live interviews from the front lines – we aren’t French media.

Shot my cameraman in the leg with a tear gas grenade – he’s ok. pic.twitter.com/4sQQ0CHCIm

— Ramin Mazaheri (@RaminMazaheri2) May 1, 2023

May Day in France – lotta Black Bloc.

The average protester says they don’t necessarily agree with the violence, but they sure understand it.

Real estate, banks, sexist ads the most targeted. pic.twitter.com/GZql2zK3dU

— Ramin Mazaheri (@RaminMazaheri2) May 1, 2023

And back to civilization:

The Brazilian Federal Government has announced a minimum wage increase on honor of May Day. It’s small, but represents the first above-inflation raise in 6 years. pic.twitter.com/HMkItFKDZl

— BrianMier (@BrianMteleSUR) May 1, 2023