A WEEK IN BRIEF
A Week in Brief: Volume VII
A Week in Brief: Sunday, 29 May to Saturday, 4 June 2022
Saturday, 4 June 2022…
A mass shooting, on Saturday, 4 June 2022, sees three people killed and a further eleven individuals wounded. The shooting unfolded in the South Street neighbourhood of Philadelphia.
Reports suggest several active shooters were involved in the incident. The officers stationed on South Street “observed several civilians suffering from gunshot wounds, lying on the sidewalk and in the street.”
Friday, 3 June 2022…
Two Reuters, on Friday, 3 June 2022, were injured whilst the vehicle they were travelling in was attacked. They were travelling to Sievierodonetsk when the attack took place. Their driver, less fortunate, was killed. The perpetrators have not been identified.
Thursday, 2 June 2022…
Both the United Kingdom and Sweden, on Thursday, 2 June 2022, made announcements pertaining to their support of Ukraine. Support for Ukraine is growing. It looks like President Vladimir Putin, when he sent his forces into Ukraine, didn’t calculate international support not being on his side.
The British will be sending to Ukraine fully functional M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems. Sweden, mirroring the UK’s military offering, is sending anti-ship missiles, anti-tank guided missiles, and rifles for the Ukrainian Ground Forces.
Wednesday, 1 June 2022…
U.S. President Joe Biden, on Wednesday, 1 June 2022, agreed to provide Ukraine with long-range rocket artillery systems. Biden’s decision came after Ukrainian officials reportedly gave “assurances” that they will not use the missile systems to strike Russian cities.
The weapons systems are a part of a new $700 million weapons package to Ukraine that will also include ammunition, counter-fire radars, a number of air surveillance radars, and additional Javelin anti-tank missiles.
Tuesday, 31 May 2022…
Russian forces, during an airstrike targeting Sievierodonetsk, hit a tank filled with nitric acid. Read More…
Monday, 30 May 2022…
Russia, occupying Kherson Oblast, begins exporting grain from Ukraine. Consequently, because of this activity, Ukraine accuses Russia of stealing its grain.
“Kremlin-installed leaders in Kherson Oblast admit exporting stolen Ukrainian grain to Russia,” tweeted The Kyiv Independent. “Kremlin-controlled media RBK reported, quoting Russia’s proxy Kirill Stremousov, that the occupiers had begun exporting wheat stored in largely-occupied Kherson Oblast to Russia.”
“We have space to store although we have a lot of grain here,” Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Military-Civilian Administration, said. “People are now partially taking it out, having agreed with those who buy it from the Russian side.”
Stremousov was cited as saying the administration was working on the supplies of sunflower seeds to local and Russian processing plants.
Sunday, 29 May 2022…
Pope Francis appoints twenty-one new cardinals. Many of the newly appointed cardinals, not from European countries, are mostly from either Asia or Africa. Pope Francis, after delivering traditional Sunday remarks, read out the names from an open window of the Apostolic Palace to the public in St. Peter’s Square.
The appointees include two prelates from India and one each from Ghana, Nigeria, Singapore, East Timor, Paraguay, and Brazil, in keeping with Francis’ determination to have church leaders reflect the global face of the Catholic church. Only one new cardinals named, from the United States, is Robert Walter McElroy. McElroy, a California bishop, stems from San Diego.
