(2022-05-04). Cost of the Ukraine War felt in Africa, Global South. mronline.org 
While international news headlines remain largely focused on the war in Ukraine, little attention is given to the horrific consequences of the war which are felt in many regions around the world. Even when these repercussions are discussed, disproportionate coverage is allocated to European countries, like Germany and Austria, due to their heavy reliance on Russian energy sources.
(2022-05-04). Ukraine crisis: Japan-Russia tensions at post-Cold War high. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMay 4, 2022 Russia bans entry of Japan PM, 62 others indefinitely Tatsuo has decided that with a war on in Europe and no one able to say how long Japan could stay out, and with the China Incident, now in its third year, showing signs of becoming a world war….Jun'ichir≈ç Tanizaki, The Makioka …
(2022-05-04). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 4, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia attacked railway substation in Pyatihatki with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked railway substation in Tymkove with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked railway substation in Volovets with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked railway substation in Lviv with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked railway substation in Pidbirtsi with a high-precision missile; | Russia attacked military assets of the AFU near Protopopovka with a high-precis…
(2022-05-04). In Video: Russian Malka Artillery Units Pound Ukrainian Positions In Donbass. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Russian Ministry of Defence shared a video showing the use of self-propelled artillery units Malka in Ukraine. | Russian Malka struck the positions of self-propelled installations Pion and a battery of howitzers D-30. Last night, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Russian artillery also destroyed 476 nationalist strongholds. |
(2022-05-04). Russian Cruise Missiles Destroy Rail Ways In Western Ukraine (Videos). southfront.org 
Destruction in the Dnepropetrovsk region | On the evening of May 3, Russian cruise missiles hit the Ukrainian Lviv, Dnepropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Vinnytsia, Odessa and Kiev regions. As a result of the strikes at least six railway stations and other strategically important objects in the central and western regions of Ukraine have been struck. | According to the head of the Ukrainian rail ways, Alexander Kamyshin, the infrastructure of six railway stations was severely damaged, the movement of 14 trains was delayed. There…
(2022-05-04). Solomon Islands: a New Focus for US-China Confrontation. journal-neo.org 
The Solomon Islands have been added to Taiwan and Ukraine, two of the most "heated" zones of the current phase of the "Great Game," since late March this year. Regarding this state, most readers are unlikely to be able to say anything more or less definitive (if they even know of its existence). This is …
(2022-05-04). PayPal shuts accounts of anti-war publications Consortium News and MintPress News. wsws.org PayPal, the online payment processing company, has shut down the accounts of publishers who have been exposing the lies of the Biden administration and NATO about the origins and nature of the war in Ukraine.
(2022-05-04). French Anti-Aircraft Missiles Spotted In Ukraine For The First Time (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | The French-made Mistral man-portable air-defense system (MANPADs) has been spotted with Kiev forces for the first time ever. | On May 4, Ukrainian sources shared photos showing a Mistral MANPADs mounted in the trunk of a Fiat Fullback pickup truck of Kiev forces in an unspecified part of Ukraine. | Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | The Mistral, which is manufactured by MBDA…
(2022-05-04). Proxy War in Ukraine is for Western Loans. orinocotribune.com By Dmitri Kovalevich — Apr 30, 2022 | The narrative surrounding the conflict in Ukraine changes according to who is speaking, some of it lacking any substance or rationality. Also, an inevitable indebtedness will afflict Ukraine for decades to come, due the lend-lease program the US approved in April. | For two months now, hostilities have been continuing in Ukraine, which the Russian Federation calls a special operation and Ukraine calls a war, although neither side has formally declared war. | Blinken's propaganda and captured western weapons | In April, according to the statements of the Russian leadersh…
(2022-05-04). The Heat: Evacuations in Ukraine. america.cgtn.com 
More than a hundred civilians are evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol, while the battles continue in Ukraine. What would it take to bring this conflict to an end?
(2022-05-04). Israel's mercenaries are fighting in Ukraine, says Moscow. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — The Russian foreign ministry spokesperson on Wednesday said that Israeli mercenaries were fighting alongside Ukraine's far-right Azov Regiment.
(2022-05-04). EU commissioner calls for banning Russian oil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday called on the 27-nation bloc to ban oil imports from Russia in a sixth package of sanctions targeting Moscow for its special military operation in Ukraine.
(2022-05-04). The NATO to TikTok Pipeline: Why is TikTok Employing so Many National Security Agents? orinocotribune.com 
By Alan Macleod — Apr 29, 2022 | TikTok has become an enormously influential medium that reaches over one billion people worldwide. Having control over its algorithm or content moderation means the ability to set the terms of global debate and decide what people see. And what they don't. | CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA — As the bloody conflict in Ukraine continues to escalate, so does the online propaganda war between Russia and the West. A prime example of this is the White House directly briefing influencers on popular social media app TikTok about the war and how to cover it. As the crisis spirals out of…
(2022-05-04). La cultura francesa en Cuba durante todo mayo. cubadebate.cu La cultura francesa en todo su esplendor llegará nuevamente a Cuba del 3 al 26 de mayo, como parte de una festividad que cuenta con un prestigio consolidado en una isla donde la cultura brilla en cada espacio. En el Mes de la Cultura Francesa artistas de ese país europeo visitarán la mayor de las Antillas y colaborarán con creadores del patio.
(2022-05-04). Turkey is aiming to repatriate over one million Syrian refugees, claims Erdogan. peoplesdispatch.org Nearly four million Syrian refugees in Turkey are facing increased xenophobia with most of the opposition blaming them for the current economic problems and demanding their repatriation…
(2022-05-04). Iran, Turkey stress expanding coop. in environment field. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, in a phone talk with his Turkish counterpart stressed the need for expanding cooperation between Iran and Turkey on protecting the environment and common water resources.
(2022-05-04). Jefa de la Comisión Europea pide veto del petróleo ruso y más cerco financiero en sexto paquete de sanciones contra Moscú. cubadebate.cu Al presentar el proyecto de nuevo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia, el sexto que implementaría la UE desde el inicio de la guerra en Ucrania, Ursula von der Leyen pidió prohibir las importaciones de petróleo ruso y sancionar al mayor banco y a televisoras importantes del país euroasiático.
(2022-05-04). Mongolia: Japan takes NATO Russia/China containment crusade to borders of both nations. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Japan and Mongolia are founding members of NATO's Partners Across the Globe. Mongolia, Kazakhstan and North Korea are the three nations bordering both Russia and China. ==== AKI PressMay 3, 2022 President of Mongolia receives Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan President of Mongolia Ukhnaa Khurelsukh received Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Yoshimasa Hayashi, …
(2022-05-04). For Just How Long Can You Poke Russia with a Stick? journal-neo.org 
"It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen." — George Orwell For those of you in tune, it must seem obvious that the liberal world order now has the power to change the number of hours in a day. Those of us who have sought to moderate the worldview …
(2022-05-04). To My Russian Brother: And a reminder to myself. thesaker.is By Vi≈°eslav Simiƒá for the Saker Blog Dear X[1], Although a quarter of a century your junior, and much less intellectual and scholarly than you, I dare send you a…
(2022-05-04). Russia sanctions 63 Japanese, including PM. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — Russia's foreign ministry on Wednesday announced sanctions against 63 Japanese officials, journalists and professors for engaging in what it called "unacceptable rhetoric" against Moscow.
(2022-05-04). Russia to boycott UNSC meeting with EU committee. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, May 04 (MNA) — In a rare move, Russia will boycott a UN Security Council meeting with the EU's Political and Security Committee (PSC) on Wednesday (May 4), diplomats said.
(2022-05-04). Russian Army Continues To Captured US, British, French & German Weapons From Kiev Forces (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | The Russian military and the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) continue to capture Western-supplied weapons from Kiev forces. | On May 3 and 4, Russian sources shared photos showing several US, British, French and German weapons which were recently captured from Kiev forces in the Donbass region. | The captured weapons included: | Five US-made FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs); | Four French-German-made MILAN ATGM…
(2022-05-04). Ukrainian Strike on Donetsk Market Was a Terrorist Act. orinocotribune.com 
By Eva Bartlett — Apr 30, 2022 | When artillery hit a busy public space in Donetsk, it brought flashbacks of attacks in Gaza and Syria. | If the Donetsk marketplace that was hit by rocket artillery on Thursday, April 28, had been in a city controlled by Kiev, the names and faces of the five civilians killed would be on all major news sites. But because it was another Ukrainian attack on civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), the deaths and 23 additional civilians injured will almost certainly go unreported, as has the been the norm during the regime's eight years of the Donbass and Western media'
(2022-05-03). Pentagon to modernize Moldovan army, merger with Romania again mooted. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri TimesMay 1, 2022 US to support modernization of Moldovan army The United States is ready to support the modernization of the Moldovan army [according to] the Moldovan Defense Ministry. The issue was discussed during a meeting between US Senator Steve Daines and Moldovan Defense Minister Anatolie NosatàÆi. During the meeting, the sides discussed regional …
(2022-05-03). Europe subjugated, NATO shifts from Atlantic to Pacific Ocean. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com CGTNApril 29, 2022 'Defensive' NATO destabilizes Pacific for U.S. hegemony Japan — an Asian country that surrendered in World War II — will attend a summit by North Atlantic Treaty Organization — a Western military bloc established during the Cold War era — in late June, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced this week. …
(2022-05-03). NATO begins large-scale military exercises along eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMay 1, 2022 NATO exercises begin along its eastern flank Poland's armed forces say military exercises involving thousands of NATO soldiers have begun, APA reports citing TRT World. *** …Poland's military appealed to the public on Sunday not to publish information or photos of the columns of military vehicles expected to move through …
(2022-05-03). In Videos: New Details On War In Ukraine From Ukrainian Servicemen And Foreign Fighter. southfront.org
(2022-05-03). Russian and US Escalations Raise Risk of Direct Military Clash in Ukraine. truthout.org As President Biden seeks $33 billion more for Ukraine, we look at the dangers of U.S. military escalation with Medea Benjamin of CodePink and George Beebe of the Quincy Institute. He is the former head of Russia analysis at the CIA and a former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney. The massive spending in Ukraine that outweighs public funding to combat the coronavirus pandemic shows that "there are very few things that the Biden administration thinks are more important right now than defeating Russia, and I don't think that accords, actually, with the priorities of the American people," says Beebe. "To support t…
(2022-05-03). These Countries Are Willing To Risk US Ire Over Russia-Ukraine. popularresistance.org Americans are fervently cheering for Ukraine in a war that many believe is a decisive struggle for human freedom. The intensity of our infatuation makes it easy to assume that everyone in the world shares it. They don't. | The impassioned American reaction is matched only in Europe, Canada, and the handful of U.S. allies in East Asia. For many people in the rest of the world, the Russia-Ukraine conflict is just another pointless Western war in which they have no stake. | The two biggest countries in Latin America, Mexico and Brazil, have refused to impose sanctions on Russia or to curtail trade. South Africa, the…
(2022-05-03). She's exposing the TRUTH in Ukraine and they don't like it | Redacted Conversation with Eva Bartlett. marktaliano.net READ MORE: They're trying to hide the Nazi truth in Ukraine/Redacted with Natali and Clayton — Mark Taliano Photos From Syria Show White Helmets And Nusra/Qaeda Are The Same Organization (activistpost.com) White Helmets Archives — Mark Taliano Ukraine Hunts Down "Traitors Helping Russia" — CovertAction Magazine…
(2022-05-03). "New Russian Liberation Army" In Ukraine And War Crimes Of Kiev's Soldiers (Video). southfront.org 
(2022-05-03). War In Ukraine Day 69: Steady Offensive Of Allied Troops (Photos, Videos). southfront.org 
Russian troops in Ukraine | On May 3, 2022, the situation in Ukraine did not change significantly. However, there are noticeable successes in the advance of Russian and LDPR military forces in some areas. | Northern direction: | The Russian Armed Forces conducted retaliatory strikes against Ukrainian military facilities in the Sumy region. These actions were revenge for the sabotage attacks in late April and early May. | In the Kharkiv direction, an…
(2022-05-03). Ukrainian Leadership: No Peace Treaties With Russia, Only Capitulation Of Moscow. southfront.org 
Ukrainian National Security and Defence Council Secretary Danilov made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible. At the same time, he believes that the war will not end quickly. | The secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Danilov, has made several doctrinal statements. Among them he said that there can be no peace treaty with Russia — only its capitulation is possible.
(2022-05-03). On Venezuela, Only Hawkish 'Dissent' Allowed. popularresistance.org Another NATO war means a media establishment in a propaganda frenzy once again. Corporate media outlets have cheered Washington for throwing fuel to the fire in Ukraine, with some demanding that the administration escalate yet more. Be it through their choice of pundits, or their own reporters haranguing White House officials for not sending enough weaponry, one thing is clear enough: Elite media will only criticize official foreign policy for not being hawkish enough. | When it comes to Venezuela, corporate journalists have historically had little to criticize, given Washington's "maximum pressure" regime-change…
(2022-05-03). Over 100 people evacuated from Mariupol. ecns.cn Both the Russian and Ukrainian militaries say more than 100 people were evacuated from the besieged city of Mariupol in Ukraine but differ on the exact number and other details.
(2022-05-03). Putin, Zelensky both invited to G20: Indonesian president. ecns.cn The G20, he said, plays a catalyst role in the recovery of the world economy, adding that he had telephone conversations with both leaders of Russia and Ukraine this week.
(2022-05-03). Wounded Ukrainian soldiers to be treated in Israeli hospitals. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMay 3, 2022 Israel will receive for treatment part of the Ukrainian servicemen who were wounded as a result of the Russian aggression, — The Embassy The issue of organizing treatment in Israeli hospitals of Ukrainian servicemen wounded by Russian armed aggression was the subject of a meeting between Ukrainian Ambassador to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk …
(2022-05-03). United Steelworkers solicits aid for fascist-linked "union" in Ukraine. wsws.org In an appeal on the official USW website, the union calls for support to Trade Union of the Metalworkers and Miners of Ukraine, an organization with ties to the far right and fascists.
(2022-05-03). Mapping Faultlines: Has Russia Won This Round in the Energy War? peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Mapping Faultlines, NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the face-off over energy in the Ukraine war. He explains the implications of Russia's decision to stop supplies of natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria…
(2022-05-03). UK's Boris Johnson hails Ukraine's "finest hour" and pledges more military equipment. wsws.org The UK continues to position itself as the leading voice in Europe for an escalation of the NATO-Russia war over Ukraine, in order to curry favour with the United States.
(2022-05-03). Biden administration sets up Disinformation Governance Board ahead of 2022 elections. wsws.org The Department of Homeland Security has announced the creation of a secretive Disinformation Governance Board as part of the US imperialist effort to control the anti-Russian narrative of the war in Ukraine during the 2022 elections.
(2022-05-03). Battle for ASEAN: Japan, Thailand sign military pact contra Russia, China. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaMay 2, 2022 Japan PM touts unity on Ukraine in Southeast Asia tour Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday held the last in a string of Southeast Asian summits aimed at helping to shape the international narrative on the conflict in Ukraine. Tokyo hopes that the top-level diplomatic drive will move the needle …
(2022-05-03). Colorado nonprofit sends water filters to Ukraine. america.cgtn.com It's a daily necessity and it can also be a weapon of war. Water is playing a key role in the current conflict in Ukraine. According to the UN agency UNICEF, more than six million Ukrainians now have limited or no access to safe drinking …
(2022-05-03). Report: following Turkey, Azerbaijan closes airspace for Russian military planes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Mehr News AgencyMay 2, 2022 Azerbaijan closes airspace for Russia military aircraft Azerbaijani media report on the closure of the country's airspace for Russian military aircraft. The Azerbaijani edition of The Azeri Times reported that, following Turkey, neighboring Azerbaijan closed its airspace for Russian military aircraft. According to The Azeri Times, this is due to …
(2022-05-03). Azerbaijan: critical linchpin in expanding Eurasian energy war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Trend News AgencyMay 3, 2022 Aliyev's energy strategy — Europe pins hopes on Azerbaijani gas Today, Azerbaijan is one of the most reliable energy suppliers to Europe, and against the background of the gas crisis on the continent, which, according to some experts, may develop into a global crisis, our country is seen as a …
(2022-05-03). Nueva teoría sobre el paisaje al fondo de la Mona Lisa pondría en duda su identidad. cubadebate.cu Una reciente teoría acerca de la ubicación real del paisaje recreado en el famoso cuadro del italiano Leonardo da Vinci, pondría en duda la identidad de la mujer retratada, que hasta ahora los estudiosos pensaban era la esposa de Francesco del Giocondo, pues al parecer ella no habría estado en ese lugar.
(2022-05-03). Turkey continues to bomb villages in northern Iraq. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Mehr News AgencyMay 2, 2022 Turkey continues to conduct airstrikes in northern Iraq Turkish fighter jets on Monday once again conducted air raids on areas in the northern Iraqi province of Dohuk in the Kurdistan region. According to the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen TV network, the Turkish army on Monday afternoon under the pretext of fighting the …
(2022-05-03). China's Liaoning sees growth in int'l freight train services. ecns.cn Northeast China's Liaoning Province launched its 100th China-Europe freight train, which departed from its capital of Shenyang on Sunday, according to local transport authorities.