Thursday, May 4, 2023

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 5/4/2023 UKRAINE SHOOTS DOWN ITS OWN DRONE OVER KIEV, MACRON GOV'T CONSIDERS CRIMINALIZING BARRICADES AT FRENCH PROTESTS, SPOKESMAN SAYS 'WIDE VARIETY' OF OPTIONS FOLLOWING KREMLIN ATTACK

 


                                      (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)




                  LATE NEWS TONIGHT:





"There are no taboos and we are working intensively on it"



Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte talking about F-16 fighter jets for Ukraine.




He spoke at a news conference with visiting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in The Hague today.



Rutte says that the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark and the UK are working together on plans to send the warplanes to Ukraine...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)...




"The United States became a direct participant of this conflict long ago...


Ukraine is only an instrument in their hands, a tip of the spear held by the US-led collective West.  


Their goal is to destroy a sovereign, independent Russia as a factor in international politics..."



Some of the words coming from Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov in a Russian television interview.


He adds that any statements from the US denying involvement in the drone attack on the early Wednesday morning drone attack on the Kremlin...TASS RUSSIA...





WHITE HOUSE NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESMAN JOHN KIRBY SAYS THAT THE US NEITHER ENCOURAGES NOR ENABLES UKRAINE TO LAUNCH ATTACKS OUTSIDE OF ITS TERRITORY.




MEANWHILE KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYS DENIALS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND UKRAINE REGARDING THE DRONE ATTACK ON THE KREMLIN EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE LAUGHABLE...TASS RUSSIA...



IN KIEV TONIGHT EXPLOSIONS AND FIRE FOLLOWING AN AIR RAID WARNING...TASS RUSSIA...DRONES SAID TO BE ATTACKING...(AL JAZEERA)...


IT TURNED THAT A SINGLE UKRAINIAN DRONE WAS OUT OF CONTROL AND FLYING OVER THE CAPITAL CITY...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA





More on the Ukraine War later in the summary...



IN THE MIDST OF AN INFLATION RATE EXCEEDING 100 PERCENT ARGENTINA'S MINT RUSHING NEW 2000 PESO NOTES INTO CIRCULATION.


THE NEW HIGHER DENOMATION NOTES WORTH US $8.60 AT THE OFFICIAL EXCAHNGE RATE AND US $4.28 AT THE UNOFFICIAL RATE WERE ANNOUNCED IN FEBRUARY.


ORIGINALLY THE NOTES SET TO BE IN CIRCULATION BETWEEN JUNE AND AUGUST NOW A RUSH TO GET THEM INTO USE BEFORE THE END OF THIS MONTH...TODO NOTICIAS ARGENTINA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




The Markets today moving lower.


A sharp drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 286.50 points or .86 percent in value.


The NASDAQ also moving lower down 58.93 points or .49 percent in value.



The price of oil at 521 pm New York Time 68 dollars and 60 cents a barrel down just one cent today...



                       MARKETWATCH




"far-right...incapable of resolving migration problems"



France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin taking a swipe at the Italian government of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and its migration policy.


His comments to RMC (Radio Monte Carlo) leading to a cancellation of a visit to France by Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani.


Tajani saying that:




"Offenses to the government and Italy by the minister Darmanin are unacceptable"...

                        

                            POLITICO EU



Meanwhile in France the government of President Emmanuel Macron considering a law to criminalize the construction of barricades during protests.



Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin discussing the matter with Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti.




Incidents of the January 6th type have occurred at the recent protests against President Macron's imposition of pension reform.



Arrests have been made at the fringes of mainly peaceful demonstrations.


The government and mainstream media publicizing numerous police injuries at the protests no matter how minor as well...




(Information from BFM-TV France contributed to this story)






RUSSIA CONSIDERING VARIOUS OPTIONS FOLLOWING YESTERDAY'S EARLY MORNING DRONE ATTACK ON THE KREMLIN.


THE ATTACK AN APPARENT ATTEMPT TO KILL PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN WHO WAS AT A DIFFERENT LOCATION.



KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV SAYING:





                    "a wide variety"




OF OPTIONS WERE UNDER CONSIDERATION...TASS RUSSIA







ISRAELI DEFENSE MINISTER YOAV GALLANT SAYS IRAN HAS ENOUGH ENRICHED URAINIUM TO MAKE FIVE NUCLEAR BOMBS.



GALLANT SPEAKING DURING A VISIT TO GREECE...TIMES OF ISRAEL...



IRAN HAS ACCUMULATED MORE URANIUM SINCE SANCTIONS IMPOSED BY THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION PREVENTED THE IRANIANS FROM SHIPPING URANIUM SPENT BY NUCLEAR REACTORS OVERSEAS.





In Israel a security forces raid in Nablus today.    Two Palestinian terrorists alleged to have killed three members of a family shot and killed....TIMES OF ISRAEL...




A terrorist attack after the raid that killed the terrorists involved in that recent attack.    A man stabbed in Nablus.    His female attacker killed....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS





IN ISRAEL TODAY A  'DAY OF DISRUPTION' BY THE LEFT-WING FORCES OPPOSED TO JUDICIAL REFORM THAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED BY PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU'S GOVERNMENT.   


HIGHWAYS AND ROADS ACROSS THE COUNTRY BLOCKED...TIMES OF ISRAEL



Google and Meta are warning they may withdraw access to news articles in Canada if they are forced by law to pay mainstream media companies for linking to their content.



Legislation requiring that now under consideration in Canada it's patterned after a similar law enacted in Australia in 2021...AL JAZEERA QATAR




North Korean state media reporting public protests against the recent summit agreements between the US and South Korea.


Reports say that various groups including those representing women and workers are "enraged" and have "pledged their determination for revenge" against both countries...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA





                  THE URKAINE WAR



      DRONE DESTROYED NEAR AIRFIELD IN CRIMEA




EXPLOSIONS IN UKRAINE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING IN MAJOR CITIES




               TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




A drone destroyed near an airfield in Sevastopol in Crimea.  That word from the governor in the city...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




Explosions reported early Thursday morning in Kiev and Odessa.


There were air raid warnings in those cities and other regions of the country earlier...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)

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