MILNEWS.ca #UKR + Cold War 2.0 Update as of 161200UTC July 2017
Cold War 2.0: Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe
- Royal Canadian Artillery Association News Brief: “Deployment of a 1RCHA M777 Battery to Latvia — The Chief of Defence Staff has directed the deployment of a M777 Battery from the Canadian Army in support of the Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group (eFP BG), specifically for bi-lateral training with U.S. units in September 2017, and Exercise SILVER ARROW, occurring in October 2017 …”
- “Exercises of Russian troops in Belarus: what to expect”
- “Romania: US Patriot missiles only for defense”
- “NATO Member Turkey Turns to Russia for Air Defense Cooperation”
- “Russia’s Next Super Weapons: Big Aircraft Carriers and Nuclear-Powered Destroyers?”
- “(EST) Defense ministry announces competition for €400,000 in project support”
- “Hokkaido mayor axed from tour of disputed isles as payback for Ukraine sanctions”
- “Dependent media – Russia’s military TV Zvezda” (EU vs Disinformation)
#Ukraine
- “Australia says MH17 perpetrators may be tried in absentia” – “Australia Urges Russia To Cooperate With Initiatives To Prosecute MH17 Suspects” – “MH17 trial best option for justice, says Julie Bishop”
- “Ukraine’s new NATO ambassador: my goal is to make NATO look forward to our request”
- Updates from All Sides “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 14 July 2017” – UKR govt ATO map, 16 July 2017 – “1 Ukrainian Soldier Killed, 3 Wounded in Attack on Bakhmutka Highway; MP Reports Injury at Avdeyevka” – “Day in the ATO: one soldier killed, one wounded” – “DPR Command reports nearly 60 ‘silence regime’ violations over 24 hours”
- “British Nationals Fighting In The Donbass Region, Some Have Been Arrested, Some Not, Depending What Side Your Fighting For ! (VIDEOS)”
- “The Government of Ukraine has approved the Concept of the State Target Program for Physical, Medical, Psychological Rehabilitation and Social Rehabilitation of ATO Participants” (UKR DefInt, in Ukrainian)
- “$3.8mn dollars stolen by Ukraine during construction of ‘Wall’ on Russia’s border”
- “How the Ukraine War Spilled Into the U.S. Election”
MILNEWS.ca #UKR + Cold War 2.0 Update as of 151310UTC July 2017
Cold War 2.0: Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe
- “As Canadian troops arrive in Latvia, the battle for support lands at home”
- “HMCS St. John’s returns from Operation REASSURANCE” – “Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship St. John’s completes deployment on Operation REASSURANCE” – “Le NCSM St. John’s termine son déploiement dans le cadre de l’opération REASSURANCE”
- “Bulgarian Naval Exercise Breeze 2017 Has Started”
- “5,000 NATO, partner troops stage exercises in Romania” – “Building readiness: Romanian base gets an overhaul to strengthen NATO forces”
- “Estonia joins the new European centre countering hybrid threats”
- “Putin’s Donbas tactics won’t work in Baltic countries for economic reasons, Ilves says”
- “What are Russia′s Zapad war games?” – “NATO voices skepticism over size of Russia′s Zapad military exercise” – “Preparations for Belarusian-Russian army exercise Zapad 2017 moving to final phase”
- “(BLR MFA) Makei: Belarus will never be a source of war or threat of war”
- “Belarusian minister: Belarus against NATO deployments in Baltics, Poland”
- “Russia Takes Swipe at NATO Over Jets Near Russian Airspace”
- “Spring call of citizens for military service is over” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
- “S-300 modernized anti-aircraft missile complex crews of the Western MD eliminated conditional air border trespassers in the Kaliningrad region” (RUS MoD)
- “NATO Surface Ships: Sitting Ducks for Russian Coastal Defense Systems”
- “Beneath Helsinki, Finns Prepare for Russian Threat”
- “U.S. ‘Appalled’ over S.Ossetia Borderization” – “On 14 July, it’s turned 25 years since the first Russian peacekeeping operation launched in the zone of the Georgian-Ossetian conflict” (RUS MoD)
- “Who were the ‘Forest Brothers’: The thorn in the Soviets’ side?”
- “Why does the Western world, including the United States, hate Russia?”
#Ukraine
- Whazzup in the Black Sea? “Ukranian Naval Exercise Sea Breeze 17 Has Started” – “Yeysk and Povorino anti-submarine ships of the Black Sea Fleet practiced searching for the conditional enemy’s submarine” (RUS MoD) – “The Black Sea Fleet completed the verification of the combat readiness of forces” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
- “US Leads Exercises With NATO and Ukrainian Forces in Romania”
- Really??? “Belarus working on new ideas to bring peace to Ukraine”
- “UK man who joined militia in Ukraine jailed for terrorism — A British man who joined a pro-Russian militia in Ukraine has been jailed for terrorism offenses, in the first U.K. prosecution over the conflict …” – “British socialist jailed for helping Russia rebels” – “British Man Imprisoned For Fighting With Separatists In Ukraine”
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission’s Principal Deputy Chief Monitor to brief media on Monday via videolink from Donetsk region”
- Updates from All Sides “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 13 July 2017” – UKR govt ATO map, 15 July 2017 – “Donetsk Defense: Weekly Situation Report, 07/14/2017” – “Ukraine reports de-escalation in Donbas” – “Kiev forces violate ceasefire four times over 24 hours” – “Militants launched 35 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day” – “Ukraine’s army commits 49 ceasefire violations, shells 22 DPR localities” – “ATO report: 35 shellings, direct clash, 1 KIA” – “JCCC observation post comes under AFU fire in DPR south” – “Monitoring point of JCCC was shelled by AFU in the south” – “Ukrainian military committed 251 ceasefire violations over past week”
- “Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the OSCE Alexander Lukashevich speaks at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council on the situation in Ukraine and the need to implement the Minsk agreements, Vienna, July 13, 2017 … We need to take effective measures that will result in a real ceasefire on the contact line. Unfortunately, certain statements to the effect that Moscow should take the first steps only put off this prospect. It is not Russia or the self-defence forces who are shelling Donetsk and Gorlovka. And even Kiev does not believe the misleading reports about “self-shelling” … Ukrainian representatives regularly talk about Russia’s alleged intention to destroy the Ukrainian state. This is not true. Just like Ukraine’s other neighbours, Russia wants to see a stable and strong state on its borders, a state that is not ailing with the virus of strife, neo-Nazism and Russophobia. So far, nobody has done more for the degradation of the Ukrainian state than the masterminds and organisers of the Maidan coup …” (RUS MFA)
- “Ukraine’s army will get seventy-two T-72 tanks by year-end”
- “Over 10,000 units of military equipment, arms to be bought for Ukraine’s army in 2017”
- “Ukraine’s army to receive new main battle tanks and armoured vehicles”
- “MP Deydey heavily injured in Donbas combat area” – “MP Deidei wounded in ATO zone near Avdiyivka”
- “Russia launch fresh probe into war crimes of Kiev forces”
- “SBU detains agent of Russian special services in Kyiv” – “Ukrainian side captures three DPR adherents” – “Russian secret services agent detained while receiving secret information from Ukraine’s Armed Forces General Staff, – SBU Counterintelligence” – “Police detain three informants of Russian-backed militants in Volnovakha”
- “Fake: Polish Ambassador Wants Yugoslav Scenario for Ukraine”
- From Separatist/pro-RUS Media “NATO’s Creeping Occupation of Ukraine” – “Television America NBC Channel Special Documentary Report Shows Ukraine Nazi Youth Camp, “The Hatred And To Kill Everyone Who Is Russian” All Sponsored By NATO !” – “Trump reduces ‘security aid’ to Ukraine, only $25Mln in July” – “Uninvited Guest: Trump ‘Does Not See Ukraine Part of Western Security System’ “ – “The only thing left to Kiev is to hand over Mariupol”
- “MH17: Nations Must Support Dutch Trial”
- “Normandy format leaders may talk on phone in a week” – “Klimkin announces telephone conversation of “Normandy Four” leaders”
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – July 11, 2017
B.C. Forest Fires/CF Help
- “RCAF supports emergency response to wildfires in British Columbia”
- “Canadian Armed Forces Supporting Emergency Response to Wildfires B.C”
- More on BC fires via Google News
#CANvsISIL
Everyone Else Vs. ISIL
- “Sources: Islamic State declares Baghdadi dead, successor named soon”
- “US-Led Coalition Declares Victory Over ISIS In Iraqi Stronghold Of Mosul” – “Iraq announces ‘victory’ over Islamic State in Mosul”
- “Sporadic clashes in Iraq’s Mosul after victory declaration”
- “Mosul Liberated, What Next?”
- “ISIS Sanctuary: July 10, 2017” (ISW)
#Syria
- “Here’s How that Trump-Putin Ceasefire in Syria Is Working Out”
- “What you need to know about the latest cease-fire in Syria”
- “How Syria’s Ceasefire Could Backfire”
- “A ceasefire in Syria that lasts? Doubtful, say watchers across border”
- “Ceasefire, fresh political developments may help intra-Syrian talks – UN negotiator” (UN info-machine)
- “U.N. lauds U.S.-Russian truce in Syria, but warns on partition risk” – “UN warns against partitioning Syria”
- “U.S.-backed forces seize town with IS military base near Raqqa: SDF official”
- “Trump’s Syria Tactic Could Bring Warring Parties to the Table”
- “Russia Wants CSTO Allies to Deploy to Syria”
- “U.N.’s de Mistura: Syrian Kurds should take part in drafting new constitution – RIA”
Cold War 2.0: The Koreas
- “U.S. aims for U.N. vote on North Korea sanctions within weeks: diplomats”
- “China says ‘China responsibility theory’ on North Korea has to stop”
- “South Korea says North doesn’t have ICBM re-entry technology”
- Has Russia Submitted Bogus Data to the United Nations? Russia submits North Korea missile data to U.N.”
- “Why Is Russia Denying That North Korea Launched an ICBM?”
- “U.S. bombers fly in for show of ‘lethal’ force over S. Korea”
- “US B1B Lancers conduct joint drills with RoKAF”
Cold War 2.0: China/Asia-Pacific
- “China says USA has apologized for Taiwan name gaffe”
- “China’s Coast Guard Fleet Patrols Close around Disputed Islands with Japan”
- CHN-IND Border “India, China can handle border differences, senior Indian official says” –“Chinese Troops Probe India. This Could Be China’s Next War.” – “In A Remote Himalayan Corner, Tensions Rise Between India And China” – “New Delhi provokes border row, ignoring history”
- “Training of the PLA army Xinjiang military region a special warfare Brigade” (video via Twitter)
- “Marines: Chinese LPDs (Amphibious Attack Warships) Send A Message”
- “Nuclear Bomber Could Boost PLAAF Strategic Role, Create Credible Triad”
Khadr Deal Fracas
- “Majority of Canadians oppose Omar Khadr settlement, poll suggests” – “In the court of public opinion, Canadians say Trudeau chose wrong on Omar Khadr settlement”
- “Freeze Khadr’s assets, Canadian court urged” – “Freeze Omar Khadr’s settlement funds, widow’s lawyer argues” – ” ‘Competing Canadian values’: Awarding Khadr’s settlement to U.S. widow a challenge for Ont. court”
- “Former U.S. special forces soldier calls Justin Trudeau an Omar Khadr ‘groupie’ “
- “How al-Qaeda terrorist Omar Khadr became a millionaire”
- “If U.S. Army medics had not saved Omar Khadr’s life…”
- “The Canadian government brought Omar Khadr home from Guantanamo Bay. Was that enough?”
- “If Khadr has changed, he’ll give the money to the kids he orphaned”
- “Opposition to Omar Khadr’s settlement is puzzling and cynical”
Cold War 2.0: Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe
- Patriot missiles, UP! “US deployed Patriot missiles to Lithuania for multinational war games — The U.S. military deployed Patriot missiles to Lithuania on Monday to take part in upcoming war games, marking the first such deployment of the sophisticated missile defense system to the small Baltic nation, Lithuania’s defense ministry announced …” – “U.S. demonstrates steadfast commitment to Lithuania’s security by deploying Patriot long-range air defence system” (Lithuanian DefMin) – “US Deploys Patriot Missile System in Lithuania for 1st Time – Defense Ministry” – “U.S. deploys PATRIOT advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Lithuania for the first time” – “U.S. deploys advanced anti-aircraft missiles in Baltics for first time” – “Patriot missiles in the Baltic states”
- “Latvia’s Army turns 98”
- “NATO to keep watch over Russia-Belarus military drills, – Stoltenberg”
- “Belarusian president says Moscow will remain Minsk’s strategic ally”
- “Defence Leaders from Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Macedonia and Slovenia to Review Plans on UAV Capability”
- “Russia Again Intensifies Military Pressure on Georgia”
- “Russian Spy Agency Happenings!” (10 Jul 2017)
- “The Modern Left, Right And The Russia Connection”
- “Kremlin Watch Monitor: Donald Trump tries to reinsure Europe”
#Ukraine
- “Canada joins Sea Breeze 2017 drills in Ukraine” – “USS Hue City and USS Carney arrive in Odessa, Ukraine” (U.S. 6th Fleet info-machine) – “Multinational military drills Sea Breeze-2017 starts in Black Sea” – “Questions Raised As The U.S. Regime And The Ukraine Junta In A Amphibious Landing Drill In The Black Sea, Operation Sea Breeze !”
- “Peskov: Peacekeeping mission can be introduced with Kiev, DPR, LPR consent — A peacekeeping mission to Donbass can be introduced with the consent of the opposing parties, the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov is sure. “Regarding the deployment of some missions in Donbass, this topic was raised, the president [Vladimir Putin] always stressed that the deployment of any missions is possible only with the consent of the conflicting parties,” he recalled ..”.
- “Any armed peace-support mission unacceptable for DPR”
- Updates from All Sides “ATO News: Situation Update, east of Ukraine as of morning, July 11, 2017” (UKR MoD) – UKR govt ATO map, 11 July 2017 – “Russia-Backed Forces Make 38 Attacks; One Ukrainian Soldier Dies of Wounds” – “Donetsk Defense: Situation Report, 07/11/2017” – “One Ukrainian fighter killed in combat yesterday, – ATO HQ” – “Militants shell 22 times in Donbas, one Ukrainian soldier killed” – “Kiev forces violate ceasefire four times over 24 hours” – “39 ceasefire violations reported in DPR over 24 hours”
- “Oh, Those Russians …” “Russian Military Says Fighter Detained In Ukraine Was Discharged In 2016” – “84 foreign mercenaries from Russia and other countries held in Ukrainian prisons after fighting in Donbas” – “NATO Chief Gets High on Shrooms, Demands Russia “Withdraws Its 1,000s of Soldiers From Ukraine” “
- “Joint statement of the NATO-Ukraine Commission marking the 20th anniversary of the Charter on a distinctive partnership between NATO and Ukraine” (UKR MFA)
- “Volodymyr Groysman: Together with our international partners, we will stop the aggressor and achieve peace in the east of Ukraine” (UKR govt info-machine)
- “Supplying new cybersecurity equipment to Ukraine: NATO”
- “Kremlin: Possible NATO membership for Ukraine won’t boost stability”
- “Maintaining Momentum in Ukraine” (Pentagon Info-machine)
Way Up North
What’s Canada Buying?
- Big Honkin’ Ships “Warships built in Canada ? Officials tout benefits despite high costs”
Other
- “HMCS Ottawa completes layered missile engagement”
- “Large chemical, biological, nuclear defence training exercise underway in Alberta” – “Exercice 2017 de l’OTAN de défense contre des agents chimiques/biologiques/radiologiques au Canada”
- “Helping women dream big and succeed, with military flair”
- “Indigenous Summer Programs provide Indigenous youth with military experience and training”
- “The Oka Crisis was supposed to be a wake-up call. Little has changed in 27 years”
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