Taking a break …

… & traveling a bit, so I’ll be off these means for a few weeks.

Until I get back at ‘er first weekend of May, enjoy the blog roll links.

Have a great Easter!

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – April 16, 2019

• #CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
• “Operation IMPACT Interview Opportunities (tomorrow) …” (DND info-machine)
• “La Coalition mondiale de lutte contre Daech a l’habitude de mettre en vedette ses partenaires et, cette semaine, elle mettra l’accent sur la contribution du Canada à la Coalition. La Coalition mondiale de lutte contre Daech a l’habitude de mettre en vedette ses partenaires et, cette semaine, elle mettra l’accent sur la contribution du Canada à la Coalition …”
• “Canada” (The Global Coalition Against Daesh)
• The Global Coalition on Twitter: “Partner Spotlight: This week’s partner spotlight will focus on the contribution @CanadaFP has made towards the Coalition …”
• “The caliphate has crumbled, but ISIS still haunts Yazidi refugees in Canada”
• “Will Canada Also Designate the IRGC as a Foreign Terrorist Entity?”
• “Seven key figures accused of transferring millions of dollars to Daesh in a network across the Middle East, Europe and East Africa are targeted with sanctions by US Treasury” (The Global Coalition Against Daesh)
• “NATO and Iraq strengthen cooperation on defence education” (NATO info-machine)
  

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• #MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
• “Liberal MP says Canada ‘not pulling its weight’ in peacekeeping as Mali mission draws to a close”
• “Where we should not be … Put simply: UN peacekeeping is a bad joke … it lines the pockets some of poor troop providing nations, and that’s about it. No one, including Justin Trudeau and UN Secretary-General António Guterres gives a damn about Africa or peace. Canada is doing a good job in Mali … a job that Rwanda, for example, could not do. But Canada has done enough and should not do more …” (Col. Ted)
• “Massacre in Mali Demonstrates Need to Prioritize Protection of Civilians in MINUSMA’s Mandate” (Int’l Peace Institute)
• “Another setback for stability in Mali” ( Institute for Security Studies)
• “Islamic State claims attack on Tuareg militia in Mali” (FDD’s Long War Journal)
• “On 5 April, thousands of Malians took to the streets of Bamako to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Soumeylou Boubeye Maïga and the departure of foreign forces from the country. This followed an appeal by Imam Mahmoud Dicko, President of the High Islamic Council, and the chérif of Nioro, Mohamed Ould Checknè, an influential religious leader based in western Mali …”
• “France reports major security operation in central Mali”
• “China’s peacekeeping engineers to Mali complete MOC camp construction with high standards” (CHN mil media)
• “American General: US ‘Not Winning’ Counterterror Fight in West Africa”
• “Sherbrooke woman missing in West Africa still alive, says Burkina Faso official”
• “Le Burkina assure qu’Edith Blais et Luca Tacchetto sont vivants”
• ” Missing Quebec woman is alive: Burkina Faso”
• “Burkina Faso minister says missing Quebec woman is alive, removed from territory”
• “Canada closes embassy in Sudan as army forces president Omar al-Bashir to step down”
• “Canada calls for Sudan’s military to step aside”
  

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• #LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
• “Analysts warn U.S.-Russia tensions could spiral into armed confrontation, nuclear war”
• “Canada to Russia: Interference Is Okay If It Destabilizes You but Not the Other Way Around” (pro-RUS site)
• “Menace russe sur les pays baltes: des armes non-conventionnelles évoquées”
• “A Pentagon-commissioned report published Monday envisions equipping Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with “resistance” cells armed with unconventional weapons to deter Russia from invading. These capabilities would range from cyber to drones to long-range mobile communications and non-lethal weapons as well as small arms, explosives, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons, the Rand Corporation report said …”
• “Deterring Russian Aggression in the Baltic States Through Resilience and Resistance” (RAND)
• “The Suwalki Gap: The 40-Mile Line NATO is Ready to Go to War with Russia Over”
• “Putin’s Russia Symbolically Reenacts Stalin’s Push Into Europe”
• “On Thursday, March 11, the Baltic News Service (BNS) reported Lithuania’s decision to recall its ambassador to Russia, Remigijus Motuzas, for consultations. One of the reasons was the threats directed at Motuzas, after Vilnius District Court found former Soviet Union Minister of Defense, Dmitry Yazov, and a number of other Russians citizens guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their role in the case of January 13, 1991 events …”
• “Our Man in NATO: Why Putin Lucked Out With Recep Erdogan”
• “Dismantle NATO, Close Down 800 US Military Bases, Prosecute the War Criminals” (pro-RUS site)
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “China a major threat to Canadian security: Ottawa”
• “A development financing arm of the United States government entered into a trilateral agreement with Canada and the European Union on Thursday, part of a US-led bid to offer emerging economies a development alternative to state-led models such as China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” …”
• “Spokesperson: recent cruise around Taiwan tests PLA’s joint operations capability” (CHN mil media)
• ” Taiwan is not intimidated by China’s military drills this week, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, after the latest Chinese military maneuvers were denounced by a senior U.S. official as “coercion” and a threat to stability in the region …”
• “Taiwan ‘threatened’ but not intimidated by China military drills”
• “US approves F-16 support for Taiwan in face of pressure from Beijing”
• “State Department approves renewal of Taiwan military training program”
• “China builds world’s first armed amphibious drone boat that can lead land assault” (CHN mil media)
• “Will China’s new stealth amphibious drone boats guard its South China Sea outposts?”
• “Navy fleet escorts four Chinese civilian ships” (CHN mil media)
• “Hong Kong Democracy Activist Launches Legal Challenge to China’s Naval Dock Plan”
• “China’s modern navy embraces a multipolar world” (CHN mil media)
  

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• The Koreas
• “Kim Jong-un Tipped to Meet Putin”
• “Kim Set to Meet Putin, With Donald Trump on Both Men’s Minds”
• “North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Submarine Shipbuilding Continuing at Slow Pace” (38 North)
• “North Korea Tries to Secretly Get South Korean Rice Seeds Using Traders in China”
  

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• Way Up North
• “(UK) Army Team Ready For First-Ever Expedition On Canadian Arctic’s Largest Island” (UK MoD info-machine)
• “Military Drills in Arctic Aim to Counter Russia, but the First Mission Is to Battle the Cold”
• “Russian Arctic developers present a new dazzling target for Northern Sea Route”
• “As Russia Touts Expanded Arctic Sea Routes, US Observers See Veiled Threat”
• “Russia’s North Pole Barneo camp season cancelled before it started”
• “Russia claims to have demonstrated complex exercise outside Norway”
• “China and Russia Launch Scientific Cooperation in Arctic” (CHN’s The Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) )
  

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• Internal Security
• “Canada removes mention of Sikh extremism, India fumes”
• “Trudeau visits Sikh temple in Vancouver after gov’t removes reference to Sikh extremism”
• “A storm of misinformation is coming. Our federal election could be at risk”
• “Cyber Interference in the Federal Election? Part 1” (Centre for International Policy Studies)
• “Cyber Interference in the Federal Election? Part 2”
• “Attempts to undermine Canadian election through disinformation are symptoms of a global problem”
• “Finding Asylum Just Got Harder”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Canada’s fighter jet tender competition (finally) takes off next month”
• Magellan Aerospace Corporation announced, on April 12, an agreement with Atlas Elektronik Canada Ltd. for the design and development phase of the SeaSpider Anti Torpedo Torpedo (ATT) program …”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Injured veterans turning to medical marijuana in increasing numbers”
• “(North Island-Powell River) MP concerned about treatment of veterans”
• “Québec dévoile la plaque d’immatriculation unique pour les vétérans”
  

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• Other Military News
• “RCAF facing problems getting enough parts for C-130J Hercules transport planes – wheels being taken from older aircraft”
• “While Trudeau Gives Our Tax Dollars Away So Companies Owned By Billionaires Can Upgrade Fridges, The Canadian Air Force Is Cannibalizing Old Planes For C-130 Parts” (Spencer Fernando blog)
• “Army returns to dark blue or khaki berets for Foot Guards and technical corps” (Army info-machine via FB)
• “Canada’s military relaxes rules around women’s hair and dress”
• “Beards, bare legs, ponytails OK for Canadian military”
• “Military shaves restrictions on women in uniform wearing ponytails”
• “Beards and bare legs a slippery slope with scant benefit to military”
• “Military personnel sound off about letting their hair down”
• “Fin du tout premier cours de mortier par et pour la Réserve”
• “Simulated mass emergency at CHUM’s Hôtel-Dieu”
• “Grand exercice de simulation au CHUM avec les Forces pour «apprendre à gérer le chaos» “
• “Des dizaines de militaires sur le terrain pour une simulation médicale”
• “HMCS Regina crew names helicopter after Humboldt Broncos”
• “MAROON CHEF: une compétition savoureuse à la 5e Division”
• “Royal Canadian Navy visits Port Hardy, Port McNeill to remember Boomer’s legacy”
• “90 years ago he was the 1st pilot to land in the Yellowknife area; now he’s on a stamp … Dickins’s stamp appears alongside two other pilots and three planes: First World War ace William George Barker, aeronautical engineer Elizabeth MacGill, the ultralight Lazair airplane and the Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow supersonic interceptor airplane …”
• “Canadians in Flight: Official First Day Cover (Avro Arrow)” (Canada Post)
• “Canadians in Flight: Official First Day Cover (William George Barker)” (Canada Post)

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MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update as of 132240UTC April 2019

• “Canadian MP Calls on NATO to Send More Subs to Black Sea” (RUS state media)
• “Canadian MP: NATO submarines may ‘unexpectedly’ appear in Black Sea”
  
• “NATO Holds Navy Drills In Black Sea Amid Russia Tensions” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• “A summary of the situation in the area of ​​the operation of the Joint forces as of 18:00 April 13, 2019” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
• “JFO: МAP – 12.04.2019” (UKR NSDC)
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 12 April 2019”
• “A summary of the situation in the area of ​​the operation of the Joint forces as of 18:00 April 12, 2019” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 11 April 2019”
  

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• “Kyiv Says One Ukrainian Soldier Killed, Eight Wounded In Conflict In East” (USA govt funded media)
• “DPR repels infiltration attempt outside Shirokino, one troop captured” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Day in Donbas: Six attacks by pro-Russian militants during the day” (UKR media)
• “Donbass fighters thwart Ukrainian saboteurs” (RUS state media)
• “One Ukrainian soldier killed, two wounded in Donbas amid 14 enemy attacks in past day” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire seven times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Ukrainian paratrooper killed in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces fire 1,000 rounds at LPR territory over week – People’s Militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Ukrainian troops boast of another successful strike on enemy position in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 100 times over the week” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Russia sends new batch of tanks, Grads to occupied Donbas – OSINT expert” (UKR media)
• “JCCC: Kiev forces violate ceasefire 15 times, fire 206 shells” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Escalation in Donbas: One Ukrainian soldier killed, eight wounded amid 20 enemy attacks in past day” (UKR media)
• “Donbas war: Occupant shells JFO 14 times, one Ukrainian soldier deceased, two wounded” (UKR media)
• “Day in Donbas: Russia-backed militants violate ceasefire regime nine times” (UKR media)
• “24 hours in Donbas: One Ukrainian soldier killed, eight wounded” (UKR media)
• “Occupation forces fire on Armed Forces’ positions in Donbas 14 times over past day, one soldier killed, two wounded – JFO HQ” (UKR media)
• “One KIA, 8 WIA amid 20 enemy attacks in Donbas in past 24 hours – JFO HQ” (UKR media)
• “20 attacks against JFO positions yesterday: one Ukrainian soldier killed, nine terrorists destroyed” (UKR media)
• “JFO: Ukraine reports six enemy attacks in Donbas April 13” (UKR media)
  

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• “Ukrainian army receives 120 new types of equipment in recent years – Poltorak” (UKR media)
• “Batch of Hummer military vehicles comes to Odesa from U.S. – Defense Minister” (UKR media)
• “Hummer combat vehicles have arrived to Odessa and will be deployed to combat units” (UKR MoD)
• “Interview: U.S. Ambassador Reaffirms Support For Ukraine’s Integrity, Calls On Russia To Talk” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• “The Russian Federation bears key responsibility for the actions in Donbas – President” (UKR Pres info-machine)
  

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• “Ukraine lost 4,800 troops in Donbass conflict – LPR People’s Militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “LPR’s Head says Poroshenko speaks ceasefire for PR purposes” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Statement by the head of the LNR of Leonid Pasechnik regarding Poroshenko’s words about a truce in the Donbass” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
• “Pushilin says Poroshenko’s statement on Easter ceasefire is PR effort” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “East Ukraine’s self-proclaimed republics skeptical about Kiev’s ceasefire announcement” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Merkel, Poroshenko demand release of Ukrainian sailors held in Russia” (UKR media)
  

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• “Defence Minister Poltorak: Ukraine will continue sending its ships through the Kerch Strait” (UKR media)
• “Russia to conduct expertise of artillery of Ukrainian ships seized in Kerch Strait” (UKR media)
  

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• “Political prisoners issue to be discussed at Normandy format summit” (UKR media)
• “The Normandy format proved its value and should be extended – meeting between the President of Ukraine and the Chancellor of Germany” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Ukraine and me, as President, enjoy strong support from the leaders of the European Union – Head of State on the negotiations in France and Germany on the Normandy format” (UKR Pres info-machine)
  

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• “Putin’s annexation of Crimea has cost Russia $23.5 billion” (UKR diaspora in USA media)
• “Poland denies entry to Russian sailing ship because of Crimean cadets on board” (UKR media)
• Estonia denies Russian sailing ship entry into territorial waters because of Crimean cadets on board” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russia’s Investigative Committee puts ex-Ukrainian defense chief on wanted list” (RUS state media)
• “Russia arrests ex-Defense Minister of Ukraine in absentia” (UKR media)
• “Prosecutor’s office gathers data on over 20,000 law enforcers who worked in Crimea during occupation” (UKR media)
  

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• “SAP denies NABU’s allegations of sabotage of investigation in Ukroboronprom” (UKR media)
  

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• “Ukraine grants asylum to a Russian opposition politician” (UKR media)
  

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• “General involved in Russia’s operation to annex Crimea to head Russian forces in Syria” (UKR media)
  

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• “Explosion near Russian embassy in Kyiv” (UKR media)
  

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• “Poroshenko to attend debate at Kyiv’s Olimpiyskiy Stadium April 14 – Presidential administration” (UKR media)
• “Interior Ministry asks headquarters of Zelensky and Poroshenko to refrain from radical appeals” (UKR media)
• “Poroshenko Says He Will Head For Stadium Debate Tomorrow” (USA govt funded media)
• “Normandy format to meet after end of elections in Ukraine, – Poroshenko” (UKR media)
• ” ‘No Comment’ — Doorstepping Ukraine’s Candidates — Both candidates in Ukraine’s presidential election have been reluctant to answer RFE/RL’s questions. But we did try…” (USA govt funded media)
• “Volker: US does not endorse either candidate in Ukraine’s presidential elections” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky’s team will not negotiate with DPR and LPR in the event of victory” (UKR media)
• “IR summary: Rumors about the participation of the occupied territories in elections spread in “LDPR” ” (Information Resistance, pro-UKR OSINT site)
• “Sharpened Rhetoric Increases Ahead of Second Round of Ukrainian Presidential Elections” (Jamestown Foundation)
  

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• “Mental health in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts – 2018” (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation)
• “ICRC sends 73 tons of humanitarian aid to Donbas” (UKR media)
  

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• “DPR ‘ambassador’ to France arrested for pimping” (UKR media)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – April 11, 2019

• What’s Canada Buying?
• “High court won’t hear appeal over sale of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia”
• Daniel Turp v. Minister of Foreign Affairs (SCC Cases (Lexum))
• “SCC Case Information – Summary – 38321” (Supreme Court of Canada)
• “High court won’t hear appeal over sale of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia”
• “Canadian DND awards Rheinmetall ISTAR support contract”

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• #MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
• “Global Affairs warns against travel to Sudan, shuts embassy following coup”
• “Canada closes embassy in Sudan as army forces president Omar al-Bashir to step down”
• “France and Mali troops kill 30 militants in major counter-terrorism operation near Burkina Faso border”
• “Travel advice and advisories for Sudan” (GAC Info-machine)
• “Ankara’s diplomatic, economic ties extend into West Africa with Burkino Faso”
• “30 jihadis reported ‘neutralized’ in French-Malian raids near Burkina Faso”
• “Russia attempting to regain influence in Africa as a way to attack NATO from the south”
  

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• #CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
• “Iraq offers to try foreign ISIS suspects, for a price — Iraq proposes a rate of $2 million per suspect per year, calculation based on estimated per-capital detention costs in Guantanamo Bay …”
• “Syrian Kurds will hand over Iraqi refugees not ISIS detainees to Baghdad”
• “Iraq Replaces U.S. Tanks with Russian T-90s”
  

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• #LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
• “Canada alarmed by Russia’s objection to banning Novichoks under Chemical Weapons Convention” (Global Affairs Canada info-machine)
• “While foreign and security policy has not been much of a theme in the current Finnish electoral debates so far, the discussion of Finland’s relationship with NATO has got a new twist this week. Antti Rinne, the prime minister hopeful and chairman of the poll-leading opposition Social Democratic Party questioned the realism of Finland joining NATO …”
• “Russia prepares to large-scale war in Europe, – (UKR) NSDC Secretary”
• “Turchynov: Russia prepares for large-scale continental war” (UKR media)
• “US Army Chief of Staff Claims Russia Only Current ‘Existential Threat’ to US”
• “Oleksandr Turchynov: Only a stable, powerful, independent Ukraine can become a reliable security factor for the entire European continent … The NSDC Secretary elaborated on the challenges facing the world as a whole, Europe, and Ukraine in particular, pointing out that Russia’s hybrid war against our state will be further waged in all directions. In this context, he emphasized the priority tasks for Ukraine to successfully counter the aggressor …” (National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine info-machine)
• “New cyber-information attack, targets Minister of National Defence” (LTU MoD info-machine)
• “Turkey raises stakes in S-400 drama with talk of second Russian purchase”
• “Russia declares trade war on Belarus”
• “Russia’s Hypersonic Ballistic Missile and Laser System in Final Tests, Putin Says”
• “NATO Propaganda Promotes War, Military Spending” (American Herald Tribune)
• “NATO Special: Global Dictatorship and Unleashing All the Wars of the Last 25 Years” (EU vs DISINFORMATION)
• “British documentary explores confusion of Latvia’s independence struggle”
  

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• #UKR – Op UNIFIER
• “EU, Canada and US accuse Russia of restricting navigation through the Kerch Strait” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine expressed its protest to the Russian Federation at IMO in connection with the discriminatory inspections of vessels as well as the unauthorized construction of a bridge across the Kerch Strait” (UKR Embassy in UK info-machine)

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  “JFO: МAP – 11.04.2019” (UKR NSDC)

• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 10 April 2019”
• “Summary of the squad “The Essence of Time” for April 8-10″ (pro-RUS site, with maps, in Russian)

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  “Gaining ground: Ukraine Army advances in Donbas “gray zone”” (UKR media)

• “24 hours in Donbas: Eight Ukrainian servicemen wounded in combat” (UKR media)
• “Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded on Thursday” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine runs daily air defence drills in zone monitored by OSCE drones – militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire five times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “DPR militiaman wounded in shelling by Ukrainian forces – Bezsonov” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Kiev forces shell northern outskirts of Gorlovlka with mortars – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Russian officials publicly threaten Ukraine with “military conflict” ” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russia threatens Kyiv with war if Ukrainian ships attempt to pass through the Kerch Strait” (UKR media)
• “Federation Council: Kiev’s violation of the rules for the passage of ships near Kerch could turn into war” (RUS state media, in Russian)
• “Russian Leer-3 system spotted in Donbas again” (InformNapalm.org)
  

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• “U.S. transfers medical equipment to Ukraine’s army” (UKR media)
  

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• “Kiev soldiers caught stealing US military aid” (pro-RUS media)
  

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• “Lithuanian defense minister visiting Ukraine” (Baltic Times)
• “Ukraine’s NATO and European integration is the choice of this country which we support and will help in achieving, Minister of National Defence R. Karoblis says” (LTU MoD info-machine)
• “Estonia does not let Russian vessel to its waters due to Crimean cadets on board” (UKR media)
  

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• “Oleksandr Turchynov: Our priority is high-precision missile weapons ” (UKR National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine info-machine)
  

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• “Belarus’ efforts to help restore peace in Ukraine’s east underlined” (BLR state media)
  

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• “Ukraine to raise question of Ukrainian hostages release at Normandy format meeting, – Poroshenko” (UKR media)
• “Trilateral Contact Group prepares for establishing of Easter ceasefire” (UKR media)
• “LPR demands that Kiev set free over 100 detainees – Kobtseva” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “France confirms arrest of ‘DNR’ representative Fayard” (UKR Media)
• “French police detains head of DPR representative center in Marseille” (pro-RUS site)
• “ICRC sends humanitarian aid to Donbas” (UKR media)
  

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• “Two Russian law enforcers seeking political asylum in Ukraine, claiming threat to life” (UKR media)
  

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• “Referendum on NATO membership will take place when Ukraine is ready for accession – President” (UKR Pres info-machine)
  

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• “There is nothing more important than the unity of the international coalition in support of Ukraine and the unity between the two banks of the Dnieper” (UKR Pres info-machine)
  

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• “Widespread fraud by Poroshenko expected in runoff, Zelensky’s team warns” (RUS state media)
• “Poll shows over half of Ukrainians plan to vote for Zelensky in presidential runoff” (RUS state media)
• “Future of Normandy talks depends on presidential runoff — senior Russian diplomat” (RUS state media)
• “Poroshenko, Zelensky squabble on air at 1+1 TV channel” (UKR media)
• “Three-quarters of Ukrainians expect fraud in runoff – poll” (UKR media)
• “Russia’s MFA says future of Normandy talks depends on Ukraine’s presidential runoff — Russian media” (UKR media)
• “New Ukraine Poll Gives Zelenskiy Huge Lead Over Poroshenko Ahead Of Runoff” (USA govt funded media)
• “Petro Poroshenko: After April 21, jokes will end and the newly elected President will be on his own not with the camera lens, but with an experienced and uncompromising enemy” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Ukrainian President Poroshenko reveals plan to take back Donbas and Crimea … “Part of fulfilling the Minsk agreements is the formation of its security components. The security component will be broached by introducing the blue helmets issue to the UN Security Council… An absolutely traditional peacekeeping mission that must fulfill several tasks to create a secure environment” …” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine needs real debates between Poroshenko and Zelensky – candidates are not “colouring books” ” (Human Rights in Ukraine NGO)
• “Parliamentary report on Arctic security tries to cut through ‘geopolitical fog’ “
  

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• Way Up North
• “Canada can’t rely on luck to protect northern waters”
• “Where are we? (4) … Canada has four Forward Operating Locations, at Inuvik, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet, and Yellowknife, for NORAD assigned CF-18 fighters ~ they are designed to be available after 24 hours notice ~ and a small, seasonal naval refueling facility at Nanisivik. That’s not enough …” (Col. Ted)
• “Inside the military base at the heart of Putin’s Arctic ambitions”
• “Arctic battleground: Russia’s race to militarise resource-rich region”
• “Two nuclear warheads still on Arctic seabed 30 years after Komsomolets disaster”
• “Putin Announces Arctic Expansion Plans at International Forum – Highlights”
• “Russia to invest $11.4 bln in Northern Sea Route until 2024”
• “Everyone except US: Experts praise joint efforts at Arctic Forum” (Russia Today)
• “How Arctic is turning into a flashpoint for ‘new cold war’ “
• “Iceland Builds Arctic Port as Global Shipping Routes Get Redrawn”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Forget Russia, Mike Pence Warns China Will be One of NATO’s Greatest Challenges in Coming Decades”
  

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• Internal Security
• “Civil rights, legal groups call on Trudeau to withdraw changes to asylum laws”
• “Trudeau défend son projet de durcir le système des demandes d’asile”
  

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• Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
• “Military continues sex-misconduct fight with new guide for members, commanders”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Une conférence sur l’ESPT a réuni les ministres de la Santé, de la Sécurité publique, de la Défense et des Anciens combattants”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Military intelligence chief insists his people operate within the law — Rear-Admiral Scott Bishop says he’s ‘agnostic’ about the idea of new legal restrictions …”
• “Vers un nouveau motif de camouflage pour les Forces armées canadiennes ?”
• “Les Forces armées canadiennes cèdent le commandement de la CTF 150 à la marine pakistanaise.”
• “Canadian Armed Forces Allows Women In Uniform To Wear Ponytails”
• “Le PONYTAILFORGEN est arrivé: vive les queues de cheval !”
• “CANFORGEN 048/19 – CMP 030/19 011939Z APR 19” (in French)
• “Le Régiment de la Chaudière fête ses 150 ans de fondation”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – April 10, 2019

• Way Up North
• “A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia’s military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country’s Arctic sovereignty …”
• “NATION-BUILDING AT HOME, VIGILANCE BEYOND: PREPARING FOR THE COMING DECADES IN THE ARCTIC” (Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)
• “Engage with China about Arctic intentions, House foreign affairs committee advises”
• “Canadian Rangers and Inuit depend on each other for knowledge: PhD thesis” (CAN Army info-machine)
• “Putin unveils ambitious Arctic plan”
• “Missing in Action: Washington’s Arctic Security Plan”
• “The Race to the Arctic: Who will control the poles?”
• “Russian Arctic developers present a new dazzling target for Northern Sea Route”

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• #UKR – Op UNIFIER
• “JFO: МAP – 10.04.2019” (UKR NSDC)
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 9 April 2019”
  

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• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire nine times in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Two Ukrainian troops wounded in Donbas April 10” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 11 times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Volunteer shares footage of Ukrainian army’s hit on enemy observation post in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “JCCC: Kiev forces violate ceasefire 12 times, fire 105 shells” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Maryinka checkpoint in Donbas resumes work” (UKR media)
• “Donbas warzone update: Ukraine reports 13 enemy attacks in past day” (UKR media)
• “Invaders use Russia’s newest Krasnopol artillery systems in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Day in Donbas: Occupant shells Ukrainian positions, two soldiers wounded” (UKR media)
• “13 attacks against JFO positions yesterday: no loses among Ukrainian soldiers, one terrorist destroyed ” (UKR media)
  

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• “President: At a meeting in the Normandy format Ukraine will raise the issue of the release of Ukrainian hostages and the implementation of the Minsk agreements” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “DPR disappointed about OSCE’s coordinators inaction over Minsk talks impediment by Kiev” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Kiev reps at humanitarian group fail to arrive in Minsk” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 10 April 2019” (OSCE)
• “Russia thwarts meeting of humanitarian, economic subgroups of TCG, refuses to work in trilateral format” (UKR media)
• “Contact group on Ukraine in Minsk in agreement on Easter truce” (BLR state media)
  

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• “Russia: Ukraine’s violations when crossing Kerch Strait might lead to conflict” (UKR media)
• “Russia guilty of ‘international armed conflict’ in Azov Sea & 24 Ukrainian POWs recognized as political prisoners” (Human Rights in Ukraine NGO)
  

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• “Lithuanian, Estonian arms control inspectors visiting Ukraine” (The Baltic Times)
  

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• “Our army and defense sector will meet the NATO standards – President approved the Annual National Program under the auspices of the Ukraine-NATO Commission for 2019” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Ukraine receives more HMMWVs from the US”
  

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• “Are NATO States Sending Ukraine’s Navy ‘Junk’ Vessels?” (polygraph.info, fact-checking site)
  

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• “Mariupol: An On-Site Report” (Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies)
  

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• “Poroshenko assures he is not involved in corruption schemes in Ukroboronprom” (UKR media)
  

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• “As Runoff Race Intensifies, Contrasting Ukrainian Campaigns Highlight Division And Unity” (USA govt funded media)
• “Rival Supporters Clash Ahead Of Ukraine’s Election” (USA govt funded media)
• “Medvedchuk claims DPR and LPR agree with his plan for ‘autonomous Donbas’ ” (UKR media)
• “Better late than never: Poroshenko tells SBU to report on Medvedchuk’s effectiveness in Minsk talks” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian frontrunner Zelensky calls for choosing between the past and the future” (RUS state media)
• “Zelensky’s first steps as president in case he wins election runoff – media” (UKR media)
• “Poroshenko comments on Zelensky’s plan on ending Donbas war” (UKR media)
• “President on Zelensky’s statement about “stop shooting” in Donbas to stop the war: incompetent, unprofessional and irresponsible” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Ukraine’s warmongers face defeat in first round of presidential election — Russian envoy” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Five Years into the Conflict: Displaced People in Ukraine Need Long-Term Solutions to Housing and Employment Challenges” ( UN Country Team in Ukraine)

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  #MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa

• “Canadian peacekeepers haven’t faced any attacks in Mali, commanders say ‘we present a pretty credible deterrent’ “
• “Romania’s top diplomat in Ottawa says his country is moving as fast as it can to minimize a gap in the provision of lifesaving medical evacuations for injured UN peacekeepers after Canada ends its mission in Mali. The problem, says Bogdan Manoiu, is the helicopters the Romanian government plans to send are undergoing significant upgrades and the aircrews who will fly them need to be trained – neither of which can be rushed …”
• “30 jihadists ‘killed or captured’ in French-Malian raids near Burkina: French military”
• “Mali religious leaders criticize president after militants massacre 160 … “My Fulani brothers, vengeance is not the solution. My Dogon brothers, lay down your arms,” said Imam Mahmoud Dicko, the president of the Islamic High Council of Mali (HCIM) …”
• “Rwanda : la triste mission qui a permis de changer la façon d’aborder la santé mentale”
• “A new French military base is under construction in east-central Mali. “These border areas are obviously the places most sought after by terrorists to carry out their actions,” said General Frederic Blachon, commander of Operation Barkhane, France’s 4,500-strong anti-jihadist force which is headquartered in Chad but operates across the Sahel region …” (video report)
• “Global Affairs confirms two Canadians have been detained in Somalia”
• “Two Canadians detained in Somalia, Global Affairs says” (Independent SOM media)
• “Boko Haram Targets Civilians in Deadly Attacks in South-East Niger”
• “Boko Haram renews attacks on civilians in Niger: ‘We can’t count on security forces to protect us’ “
  

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• #LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
• “U.S. Aid Agency Plans ‘Framework’ to Counteract Russia Influence Globally”
• “Vega Strategic Services: Russian PMCs as Part of Information Warfare?” (Jamestown FOundation)
• “U.S. Warns Its Citizens of Kidnapping Risks in Russia”
• “Russian authorities have lashed out at Lithuania, announcing a criminal investigation into judges at a Vilnius court that convicted dozens of former Soviet army personnel, mostly in absentia, of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Moscow’s deadly 1991 crackdown on the Baltic nation’s independence movement …”
• “Russian authorities have blacklisted an anti-fascist activist group whose members are on trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the government as a terrorist organization. Federal agents opened a criminal case against Set — Russian for “Network” — in the fall of 2017, leading to the arrests of 11 people in St. Petersburg and Penza on terrorism charges …”
• “With its track record, NATO’s 70th anniversary should be a muted celebration”
• “Where should 70-year-old NATO go in future?” (CHN mil media)

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  #CHN/Pacific Rim

• “Glavin: Finally, parliamentarians admit Canada has a China problem”
• “Plane wreckage found but Japanese pilot missing in rare F-35 crash”
• “The Race to Find Japan’s Missing F-35 before Russia and China”
  

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• Internal Security
• “CSIS dealing with right-wing extremism ‘more and more,’ says spy chief”
• “When “Conservatives” Give Cover to White Nationalists, Canadian edition” (Saideman’s Semi-Spew blog)
• “Liberals move to stem surge in asylum seekers — but new measure will stop just fraction of claimants”
  

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• Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
• “La majorité des dossiers d’agression sexuelles correctement traités, selon une enquête externe”
• “Canadian Forces Military Police report initial results from the Sexual Assault Review Program (SARP)” (DND info-machine)
  

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• Other Military News
• ” ‘Hunger Games of parking’: Thousands of civil servants jockey for spots as crunch hits new DND headquarters”
• “Bare legs, ponytails and flats now allowed for women as Canadian Forces update dress regulations”
• “Military cooperation concerning the space domain vital to nations’ interests” (RCAF info-machine)
• Lux Ex Umbra on the redacted military intelligence review report: “Psst. It’s the Russians!”
• “Manitoba couple says they refuse to pay for war, withhold portion of taxes”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – April 9, 2019

• Internal Security
• “Canada likely to face foreign meddling in election but unlikely on scale of 2016 Russian interference: report”
• “Election meddling by foreign powers already underway, says Canadian spy agency”
• “Canadian political parties already targeted by foreign hacking, electronic spy agency says”
• “Foreign interference attempts likely in 2019 election: CSE”
• “Canada, Rebuking Tech Giants, Braces for Possible Election Interference”
• “Cyber Threats to Canada’s Democratic Process report updated” (Lux Ex Umbra blog)
  

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• Int Committee Calls for More Oversight over Mil Int
• “A committee of parliamentarians wants to see the military’s intelligence branch put on a legislative leash, similar to legal constraints on civilian spy agencies …”
• “A national-security watchdog is calling for stricter controls on the Canadian military’s spying …”
• “Canada Needs to Develop More Rules to Control its Spying Operations – Watchdog”
• “Tabling of the 2018 Annual Report of the National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians” (Committee info-machine)
• “National Security and Intelligence Committee of Parliamentarians Annual Report 2018”
  

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• #MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
• “Canada calls for on-time pullout from UN mission in Mali”
• “Le retrait canadien du Mali aura des répercussions”
• “Why the end of Operation Presence couldn’t come at a worse time for the UN in Mali”
• “Rwanda genocide: Canadian soldiers struggle with psychological legacy”
• “MND promises to find out why Rwanda veterans’ service not recognized by DND’s website”
• “Mali : 15 jours après le massacre d’Ogossagou, la population toujours traumatisée” ( International Committee of the Red Cross)
• “Interruption des services «alarmantes» à venir, ont constaté des députés fédéraux au Mali”
• “87,000 people displaced by increased violence in Mali” ( Norwegian Refugee Council)
• “Mali soldiers shoot civilians in Dioura after ‘surprise’ mortar test fire”
• “Mali soldiers, spooked by friendly fire, shoot civilians”
• “EU Trust Fund for Africa: €115.5 million (CAN $173.4 million)to enhance security, migrant protection and job creation in the Sahel region” (EU info-machine)
• “An upsurge of violence in the south-east of Niger means that the population’s suffering is increasing “with each passing month,” a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) spokesperson warned on Tuesday, at a press briefing in Geneva. In March alone, some 88 civilians were reported to have died during attacks …” (UN info-machine)
  

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• Way Up North
• “Russia Defends Arctic Military Expansion Amid Tensions With U.S.”
• “Lavrov defends Russia’s military buildup in the Arctic”
• “Putin Sets Out Major Upgrade To Arctic Facilities, Assets As Nations Eye Area Resources”
• “Putin introduces ambitious program that gives Russia more influence in the Arctic”
• “Putin says new development strategy for Russia’s Arctic will be approved this year”
• “Putin outlines ambitious Arctic expansion program entailing ports, icebreakers, infrastructure”
• “Russia Says its Arctic Strategy ‘Threatens No One’ “
• “Future Arctic won’t look like today’s Arctic, report says”
  

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• #LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
• “Report names 10 of most powerful weapons NATO has to take on Putin’s Russia”
• “Putin wants to produce “high-tech” weapons with Turkey”
• “NATO’s largest cybersecurity exercises begin in Estonia”
• “Russia Develops Niche Military Capabilities for 21st-Century Warfare”
• “Prosecutors Uncover $25M Fraud in Russia’s Space, Defense Corporations”
• “Politicians call for stricter graffiti penalties after war memorial in Airdrie, Alberta vandalized”
• “Putin intends to dispel Estonian security fears”
• “The Kremlin’s media is lying: The Estonian President does not consider the Russian language a threat” (Propastop, fact checking site)
• “Russia and China are Frenemies at Best”
  

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• #CANinIRQ/Mid East – Op IMPACT
• “Iraq says U.S. decision on Iran’s Guards ‘could have negative repercussions’ “
• “Will Iraq reemerge as battleground between US, Iran?”
• “Iraq receives new batch of Russian T-90 battle tanks”
• “German Woman Goes on Trial in Death of 5-Year-Old Girl Held as ISIS Slave”
• “Une Allemande de l’EI jugée pour la mort « atroce » d’une fillette yazidie”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Absence at PLA maritime parade will prevent US from learning about Chinese Navy: experts” (CHN mil media)
• “Filipinos Protest Against Beijing’s Expansionism in South China Sea”
• “Japanese F-35 fighter reportedly crashes during routine training flight”
• “Japan Air Self-Defense Force grounded its F-35A fighter jet fleet”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Canada orders Saab camouflage systems”
  

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• Other Military News
• ” On April 6, 2019, Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Regina seized 2,569 kilograms of hashish while deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of Operation ARTEMIS …” (DND info-machine)
• “Des Canadiens saisissent 2,5 tonnes de haschisch dans l’océan Indien”
• “Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister of National Defence mark Vimy Ridge Day” (VAC info-machine)
• “Les ministres de la Défense et des Anciens combattants soulignent le Jour de la bataille de la crête de Vimy”
• “Air power and the battle for Vimy Ridge” (RCAF info-machine)
• “The fight did not end on 11 November 1918”

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MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update as of 091930UTC April 2019

• “UCC: Parliamentary elections in Canada not to affect support for Ukraine” (UKR media)

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• “Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 9 April 2019”
• “Summary of the situation in the area of ​​the operation of the Joint Forces as of 18:00 April 9, 2019” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
• “JFO: МAP – 09.04.2019” (UKR NSDC)
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 8 April 2019”
• “Summary of the squad “The Essence of Time” for April 4-7″ (pro-RUS site, with maps, in Russian)

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• “OSCE spots tanks of invaders at former Luhansk airport” (UKR media)
• “Russian-led forces launch 13 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Russian occupants use 152 mm guided artillery shells in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Emergency Service officer dies in Donbas during mine clearance” (UKR media)
• “Donbas war: One Ukrainian soldier dies” (UKR media)
• “Day in Donbas: One Ukrainian soldier died, two injured” (UKR media)
• “Member of emergencies service’s bomb disposal squad killed in clearance of landmines near pumping station in Donetsk region, two persons wounded – Interior ministry” (UKR media)
• “One pyrotechnics expert dies, two injured amid blast in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian officer posts raw video of another strike on enemy position near Avdiyivka” (UKR media)
• “JFO: One Ukrainian soldier killed, three wounded in Donbas in past day” (UKR media)
• “DPR militiaman killed in Kiev army mortar fire” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Invaders in Donbas mortar Vodiane, killing Ukrainian soldier, injuring two” (UKR media)

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• “Russia testing new weapons in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “DPR files criminal cases against Ukrainian army officers complicit in strikes at Donetsk, Gorlovka” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)

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• “Over 150 American paratroopers to train Ukrainian fighters” (UKR media)
• “Over 150 soldiers of elite U.S. airborne division soon to arrive in Ukraine for training Ukrainian soldiers” (UKR media)

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• “Hnutove checkpoint in Donetsk region resumes work after reconstruction” (UKR media)
• “Hnutove checkpoint in Donbas resumes operation” (UKR media)

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• “First tests of Grim-2 tactical missile system with foreign customer scheduled for 2019” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine develops cruise missiles with range of over 1,000 km – Poroshenko” (UKR media)
• “Poroshenko: We now have a missile with a range of more than one kilometer” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine completes field testing of domestically produced counter-battery system” (UKR media)

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• “Azov crisis: Families of Ukrainian POWs to attend court hearing in Moscow” (UKR media)

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• “Ukrainian military will not kneel before country’s enemies, – Chief of Army’s General Staff” (UKR media)

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• “Russia’s ships, missile systems put on duty due to NATO exercise in Black Sea — NATO’s Sea Shield-2019 exercise began in the southwestern part of the Black Sea on Monday …” (RUS state media)
• “Russia sends warships to the Black Sea to monitor NATO exercises” (UKR media)
• “How can Russia defend its borders on the Black Sea?” (pro-RUS site)

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• “Russia’s Federal Security Service and the Interior Ministry have detained in the Moscow Region an activist of Ukraine’s far-right radical organization Right Sector, outlawed in Russia, the FSB press service said. “Russia’s FSB jointly with the Russian Interior Ministry conducted an investigative operation on April 9 in the Moscow Region, detaining Ukrainian citizen Pirozhok, who is an activist of Ukraine’s far-right radical organization Right Sector,” the press service said …” (RUS state media)
• “Russia’s FSB detained member of Right Sector near Moscow” (UKR media)

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• “Putin’s crony Medvedchuk claims pseudo-republics in Donbas tentatively agree to autonomy status within Ukraine” (UKR media)
• “The head of one of eastern Ukraine’s breakaway regions has said his separatist-held republic wants to join Russia as a full-fledged member …” (RUS independent media)

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• “Russia plans ‘rehabilitation centre ’ for dissidents in occupied Crimea” (Human Rights in Ukraine NGO)

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• ” ‘The Kremlin or Me’: Poroshenko weaponizing race with anti-Putin hysteria — ex-candidate” (RUS state media)
• “Poroshenko Campaign HQ confirms “Poroshenko vs Putin” billboard no hoax” (UKR media)
• “Law enforcers at Olimpiyskiy stadium discuss possible presidential debate” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky promises to bring all Ukrainian prisoners home” (UKR media)
• “Team Zelensky turn down option to hold debate with Poroshenko at public broadcaster’s studio” (UKR media)
• “Poroshenko orders over 2,000 billboards showing him face-to-face with Putin” (RUS state media)
• “Zelensky promises to maintain Ukraine’s course toward NATO and EU and protect foreign investments” (UKR media)

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• “Ukrainian Prosecutors: Why Doesn’t the U.S. Dept. of Justice Want Our Evidence on Democrats?” (naked capitalism blog)

 

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