MILNEWS.ca #UKR + Cold War 2.0 Update as of 202210UTC August 2017
Cold War 2.0: Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe
- “Canadian military divers in Latvia to clear explosives from past wars”
- “Estonia celebrates the Day of Restoration of Independence”
- “Scandinavia, the Baltics, NATO, and Russia”
- “Fears grow Russian military drills in Belarus are Moscow’s next Crimea”
- “Russia in Review” 11-18 Aug. 2017
- “Navy’s Major New Missile Upgrade Could Turn Tables On Russia, China”
- “Russian Tu-160M2 Supersonic Bomber Prepares for Its Maiden Flight”
- “Russian artillerymen of the 3rd Motorized Rifle Division are secretly fighting in Syria” (InformNapalm.org)
- “Russian fake news sites pose as reputable media outlets by copying domain names”
#Ukraine
- “2,700 civilians have been killed since the civil conflict in Donbass erupted as a result of of the 2014 state coup, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Saturday. However, the apparatus of the Human Rights Ombudsman of the DPR said on August 13 , 2017 that the amount of the casualties among civil population who perished as a result of Ukrainian aggression exceed 4000 …” – “Over 2,700 civilians killed in Donbas since start of conflict – ICRC Ukraine” – “The ICRC in Ukraine: Facts and figures, January–June 2017” (Red Cross info-machine)
- Where are they now? “Runaway Berkut policemen from Ukrainian on active duty with Belarus police” (InformNapalm.org)
- “Russia could target Ukrainian citizens, Donbas vets working in Russia — Russia may accuse Ukrainians of preparing terrorist attacks in its territory, targeting Donbas veterans. The reason is to provoke an escalation of the conflict in Donbas, Ukraine’s SBU Security Service head Vasyl Hrytsak has said …”
- Updates from All Sides “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 18 August 2017” – UKR govt ATO map, 20 Aug 2017 – “Donetsk Defense: Situation Report, 08/20/2017” – “Russian proxies attack Ukraine 30 times, 1 WIA in last day” – “More than 500 people of the DPR are being detained by SBU” – “42 ceasefire violations recorded in DPR in 24 hours” – “Almost 270 shells fired at DPR territory in 24 hours – Command” – “One DPR soldier wounded in Ukrainian shelling” – “The Kiev security forces released 235 rounds of ammunition in the territory of the LNR” (LNR, in Russian) – “APU opened a massive fire in the Donetsk direction, produced more than 150 ammunition” (DNR, in Russian) – “APU for the day released around the territory of the Dniepr almost 270 shells and mines, wounded serviceman” (DNR, in Russian) – “Kiev Forces Continue Militarization Near Contact Line – Donbas Militia” – “DPR is preparing for the probable full-scale war from the side of Ukraine”
- “The OSCE insists on the fastest reconstruction of the bridge in Stanitsa for civilians” – “OSCE deploys monitors in Stanytsia Luhanska”
- UKR-PRK Missile Links? “DPRK ICBM Engines – Update 3” (To Inform is to Influence) – “Ukraine plant sucked into North Korea missile row has fallen on hard times” – “Ukraine rocket technology not leaked to North Korea, ambassador says”
- “Kyiv Armored Plant improves T-72A tank – Poroshenko”
- “US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Volker will visit Kyiv on August 23, where he will meet with representatives of the Ukrainian authorities”
- From the Separatist Info-machine “Kiev lost control over Right Sector units and volunteer battalions – Zakharchenko” – “Gunfight At The O.K. Corral, Nazi Ukraine Army Shootout Amongst Themselves, 6 Dead Trying To Quit Fascist Porosenko’s Army !” – “Hostages of Nazi Ukraine Politics, Civilians Crossing Deadly Wooden Ramp, OSCE Insists On The Rebuilding Of Bridge In Stanitsa Luganskaya, Republic Lugansk !” – “Ukrainian police detained an army officer who extorted money from fighters – People’s Militia” (LNR, in Russian)
- “Ukraine : New US ‘Buffer Zone’ against Russia”– “Ukraine Hosts US Military to Be Permanently Stationed on Its Soil”
- “Ukraine has removed all 1320 statues of Lenin” – “Ukraine Removes 1,320 Vladimir Lenin Statues, 1,000 Soviet Monuments: Report” – “All Across Nazi Ukraine, Statues Of The Former Soviet Leader Vladimir Lenin Have All Gone, Over 2,000 Pulled Down !”
MILNEWS.ca #UKR + Cold War 2.0 Update as of 191445UTC August 2017
Cold War 2.0: The Koreas
Cold War 2.0: Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe
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- Russian-Language media in LVA: Canadians driving up rental prices in Riga (and lookit all the tax money we’re spending on supporting them) (in Russian) – Google Translation into English – Screen capture (Russian+Google Eng translation, PDF)
- “Canadian Armed Forces clearance divers participate in unexploded ordnance disposal operation in Latvia” (DND info-machine) – “Multinational operation Open Spirit 2017 to be conducted in the Baltic Sea” (LVA DefMin)
- “HMCS Charlottetown supports NATO assurance and deterrence measures on Operation “Reassurance” “ (LVA DefMin)
- “US funds – for modernisation and reconstruction of Lithuanian military infrastructure and training grounds” (Lithuanian DefMin)
- Elsewhere in the Baltics … “More than 15 ships and boats of the Baltic Fleet will take part in the demonstration of modern weapons at the Army-2017” (RUS MoD, in Russian) – “Large amphibious ships of the Baltic Fleet repelled the air strike of the conventional enemy” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
- “(EST) MP Ivanova flouts Center Party ban, gives Russia’s Sputnik interview”
- “In Estonia, the urge to close the borders due to the spread of terrorism”
- “Vice President Pence Pushes Expansive NATO And Defense Of European Micro-States: Does President Trump Know?”
- “US State Department approves probable HIMARS sales to Romania — Romania requested the possible sale of 54 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) Launchers …”
#Ukraine
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- 24 Aug 2017 Independence Day (1) “Independence Day parade in Kyiv to involve 231 foreign military — According to Mr Biryukov, platoons from the UK, Georgia, Canada, Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, and the United States, as well as guards of the color from Latvia, Romania, and Estonia will participate in the military parade to be held in Kyiv center. A total of 231 servicemen are expected to take part, Biryukov wrote …”
- 24 Aug 2017 Independence Day (2) “Poroshenko to meet with U.S. Secretary of Defense on Independence Day” – “Poroshenko’s press service officially confirms upcoming Poroshenko-Mattis meeting on August 24” – “Pentagon Chief to Visit Ukraine Amid Tensions With Russia” – “U.S. Defense Chief To Visit Ukraine Amid Ongoing Standoff With Russia”
- “Kiev is ready to split up with Donbass totally on September 16”
- Separatist Narrative Update: Watch out for UKR provocations “APU continues to prepare for the forcible seizure of the territory of the Lugansk Republic – People’s Militia” (LNR, in Russian) – “Basurin: Ukrainian forces plan new military provocations” – “Ukrainian radical might play major role in Donbass escalation – Zakharchenko” – “The Ukrainian armed forces plan new military provocations – Eduard Basurin” (DNR, in Russian)
- Envoy Action: “U.S. Special Rep for Ukraine Volker to meet with Russian rep in Minsk on Monday” – “US Envoy Volker To Meet With Russian Officials In Minsk” – “US Department of State confirms Volker-Surkov meeting in Minsk” – “U.S. Envoy Volker To Meet With Russian Officials In Minsk” – “(DEU) Special Envoy Georg Milbradt: Ukraine has achieved major success — Decentralization in Ukraine after the 2014 revolution was the right step to take, says German Special Envoy Georg Milbradt in an interview with DW. Now, citizens have more influence on their country’s political system …”
- Putin Drops By Crimea “Putin Angers Ukraine With Visit To Russia-Annexed Crimea” – “Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry sends new protest note to Moscow” – “Meeting with scientists and public figures of Sevastopol and Crimea” (RUS Pres info-machine) – “Meeting with Acting Governor of Sevastopol Dmitry Ovsyannikov” (RUS Pres info-machine) – “Vladimir Putin honoured the memory of Sevastopol’s defenders” (RUS Pres info-machine)
- “OSCE SMM pledges 24/7 presence at Stanytsia Luhanska Forward Patrol Base” – “OSCE to deploy monitors in Stanytsia Luhanska on permanent basis – Hug” – “OSCE SMM resumes 24/7 operation of a forward monitoring base in Stanitsa Luganskaya”
- “Fake: Right Sector and Ukrainian Military in Armed Conflict”
- Updates from All Sides “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 17 August 2017” – UKR govt ATO map, 19 Aug 2017 (in Ukrainian) – “Donetsk Defense: Situation Report, 08/19/2017” (separatist media) – “Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas over last day” – “An Increase In Nazi Ukraine Attacks Over The Past Week, Civilian Areas Of Sister Republic Lugansk Was Hit With 775 Rounds Of Heavy Weapons Fire !” – “Ukrainian military launch 775 shells on LPR territory over week” – “Militants launched 25 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas in last day” – “Ukrainian punishers launch over 240 shells on DPR territory in 24 hours” – “ATO update: hottest spot in Avdiyivka’s industrial zone, 3 WIA reported” – “Donetsk Command reports on 39 ceasefire violations on the part of AFU in 24 hours” – “Militants fire over 60 shells at Ukraine positions near Krymske in Donbas, ATO HQ reports 1 WIA” – “Kiev forces fire 775 rounds at LPR territory over week – People’s Militia” – “Three Ukrainian soldiers wounded in Donbas over last day” – “Ukrainian forces fire more than 2,000 rounds at DPR over week – Basurin” – “OSCE SMM records over 7,000 ceasefire breaches in Donbas in past week” – “13 defenders of the DNR lost their lives during the last week” (DNR, in Russian) – “13 DPR soldiers perish over past week defending Republic’s frontiers” – “Over 60 Civilians Killed, 285 Injured in Eastern Ukraine in 2017 – OSCE”
- “Ukraine’s slow war of attrition still rumbles on”
- “Oh, Those Russians …” “Russian soldiers who lost Takhion drone in Donbas have been identified” (InformNapalm.org) – “(OSCE’s) Hug says OSCE saw Russian military in Donbas” – “Fake: Separatists’ Military Hardware Are Spoils of War” – “The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has exposed another special information operation of Russian special services aimed at discrediting Ukrainian journalism and law enforcement agencies, as well as state policy in the issue of ensuring freedom of speech, the press service of the SBU has reported …”
- ” “It is necessary to strengthen the responsibility of tenderers in public procurements and producers for poor products” – (DefMin) Stepan Poltorak” (UKR MoD)
- UKR-PRK Missile Links? “Info of Ukraine Selling Rocket Engines to N Korea ‘Sounds Reasonable’ “ (RUS media)
- – “Ukraine changes tactics on North Korea engine claims” – “Ukraine plant sucked into North Korea missile row has fallen on hard times” – “Ukraine Did Not Supply North Korea with Missile Engines” (stopfake.org)
- “SBU warns about possible new cyber-attack against networks of Ukrainian institutions and enterprises and asks to follow recommendations” (UKR Security Svc)
- “Germany provides additional humanitarian aid to Ukraine in amount of EUR 1 million (CDN $1.5 million)” – “Red Cross Sends Aid Vehicles to Donetsk Residents – Ukraine Border Service”
