MILNEWS.ca #coronavirus Update as of 261250UTC Feb 2020

• “Air Canada extends China flight cancellations to April 10 over COVID-19 outbreak” (The Canadian Press via Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Risk to Canada goes up as coronavirus virus spreads to more countries” (The Canadian Press via National Observer)
• “Canadians being told to prepare for a possible novel coronavirus pandemic” (The Province)
• “World isn’t ready for coronavirus outbreak, says Canadian WHO expert” (The Canadian Press via Powell River Peak)
• “Canadian health officials look to China for lessons in how to prepare for COVID-19” (CTV News)
• “B.C. making preparations to tackle coronavirus now present in 39 countries” (The Canadian Press via Vancouver Courier)
  

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• “Ont. investigating 21 people for possible COVID-19 infection, no new cases” (CP24.com)
• “Ontario Confirms Positive Case of COVID-19” (Ontario Ministry of Health)
  

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• “COVID-19: Remaining Canadians quarantined at CFB Trenton released” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “(Eastern Ontario Health Unit’s (EOHU) medical officer of health Dr. Paul) Roumeliotis not worried about spread of COVID-19 in SDG” (Kingston Whig-Standard)
• “Dr. Paul Roumeliotis updates Cornwall council on quarantine” (Cornwall Seaway News)
• “No new tests for those quarantined at Nav Centre: EOHU” (Sarnia Observer)
• “Fear around coronavirus spreading in Cornwall, top doctor cautions” (CBC via Yahoo.com)
  

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• “Coronavirus latest: Cruise passengers in quarantine in BC” (Pique Newsmagazine)
• “Southwestern Ontario woman cleared to leave Japan after long coronavirus quarantine” (London Free Press)
• “Edmonton woman stuck on coronavirus cruise ship orders paint from Amazon to pass the time” (Edmonton Journal)
• “Seven in Quebec being investigated for new coronavirus infection” (Montreal Gazette)
• “New Brunswick student trip to Italy still on despite coronavirus outbreak” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Racist incidents on the rise in the Okanagan as coronavirus spreads” (BC Local News)
  

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• ” ‘Nowhere to go’: Canadians in Iran ask for consular help amid COVID-19 outbreak” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “US Military Reports First Coronavirus Infection in S. Korea” (Voice of America)
• “Coronavirus: US outbreak now inevitable, leading American health official warns” (South China Morning Post)
• “China hits back at American ‘coronavirus overreaction’ with travel warning for US” (South China Morning Post)
  

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• “Europe Struggles to Contain Coronavirus Outbreaks, African Economy Hit Hard” (Voice of America)
• “New virus has infected 80,000 globally, caused 2,700 deaths” (Associated Press via Times Leader)
• “China stocks firm as new coronavirus cases slow” (Reuters)
• “Global markets fall sharply as coronavirus cases spread past Asia” (Associated Press)
  

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• ” ‘Time is everything’: How the world is preparing for a widespread COVID-19 outbreak” (Associated Press via Globalnews.ca)
• “European Governments Drafting ‘Pandemic’ Contingency Plans” (Voice of America)
• “Health Officials Urge Governments to Ready Coronavirus Response” (Voice of America)
  

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• “Coronavirus: China tries to contain outbreak of freedom of speech, closing critics’ WeChat accounts” (South China Morning Post)
• “Coronavirus: China grants banks extra funding to spur loans to hard hit small businesses” (South China Morning Post)
  

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• “Hubei prison officials punished after COVID19 outbreak confirmed” (CHN state media)
• “Militiaman drives truckload of supplies to ensure front line necessities — Wang Qinglin, a 46-year-old militiaman, drove from Xuzhou in East China’s Jiangsu province to Huoshenshan Hospital in Wuhan on Tuesday to deliver 50,000 diapers …” (CHN state media)
• “Epidemic fosters bravery and modesty, dampens humor: study” (CHN state media)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 25, 2020

• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Canadian fighter jet replacement project hit with another delay”
• “Canada grants extension to the deadline for preliminary responses to the Future Fighter Capability Project Request for Proposals” (Public Services and Procurement Canada)
• “Canada extends deadline for fighter jet proposals”
• “Canada Extends Deadline for FFCP Proposals”
• “Canada’s protracted fighter jet procurement race hits new delay”
• “Canada’s quest to buy new fighter jets delayed another three months”
  

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• “$1 billion and counting: Inside Canada’s troubled efforts to build new warships”
  

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• Internal Security
• “Deadly Toronto hammer attack was terrorism, police allege”
• “Man Charged with First Degree Murder, Updated to First Degree Murder – Terrorist Activity, ” (Toronto Police Service)
  

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• “New rail blockades in Canada emerge as talks continue”
• “Canada hit by new rail and road barricades in wake of indigenous arrests”
• “Three Gitxsan hereditary chiefs arrested as solidarity actions flare across the country”
• “Wet’suwet’en solidarity rail blockade setup in Toronto, Milton GO trains on detour”
• “Wet’suwet’en hereditary chief ‘optimistic,’ ready to talk with RCMP on blockades”
• “Autochtones : les manifestations et les blocages se multiplient au pays”
• ” Alberta Premier Jason Kenney’s United Conservative Party announced a new bill in Tuesday’s throne speech that is designed to put a stop to what he calls “illegal blockades.” …”
• “Mamakwa, Rickford address Indigenous protests”
• “GO Train service resumes as Wet’suwet’en solidarity demonstrators disrupt commute home”
  

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• “Behind CN, CP’s quiet deal to skirt railway blockades and keep Canada’s vital goods moving”
  

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• “Growing Proportion of Canadians Have Unfavourable (60%, +11) View of Blockades” (Ipsos)
• “Liberal MPs defer call for immediate blockade debate at committee”
  

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• “Another crisis of Canada’s own making” (Winnipeg Free Press)
• “Indigenous Communities Revolt Against Eco-Colonialists: Trudeau Crumbles Under His Own Liberalism” (Strategic Culture, conservative, pro-RUS site)
• “GUEST: Inside the Fake Wetsuwet’en Heriditary Chiefs Racket” (The Western Standard, conservative news/commentary)
  

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• #coronavirus
• “4 Royal Military College cadets in precautionary COVID-19 isolation at CFB Kingston” (globalnews.ca)
• “Canadians evacuated from Wuhan and quarantined at CFB Trenton allowed to return home”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “U.S., Canada and Norway to Perform Observation Flight Over Russia Under Treaty on Open Skies”
• “NATO Dynamic Manta ASW Exercise Underway in Italy … Submarines from France, Greece, Italy and Turkey under NATO Submarine Command are to join surface ships from Canada, France, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey …”
• “Russia Outraged by ‘Mini’ U.S. Nuclear Drill”
• “Ukraine’s security officials say Russian military invasion of Belarus can’t be ruled out” (UKR media)
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 46/2020 issued on 25 February 2020”
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (25 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
• JFO: МAP – 25.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
• “Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 25 February 2020”
  

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• “Kiev forces fire more than 200 rounds at LPR over week – militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Ukrainian forces shell seven DPR settlements with 100 rounds over 24 hours – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Enemy mounts five attacks on Ukraine’s positions in Donbas on Feb 24” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine reports five enemy attacks in Donbas on Feb 24” (UKR media)
  

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• “DPR expects higher tensions in Gorlovka area ahead of Contact Group meeting” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Zolote residents in Donbas: We’re caught in-between warring sides: “Bang!” – a shell is flying over our heads. We constantly wonder which “bang” will eventually hit us” (UKR media)
  

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• “Text of a Notice on the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Ukraine” (The White House)
• “… The actions and policies of persons that undermine democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine; threaten its peace, security, stability, sovereignty, and territorial integrity; and contribute to the misappropriation of its assets, and the actions and policies of the Government of the Russian Federation, including its purported annexation of Crimea and its use of force in Ukraine, continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States …” (The White House)
  

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• “MH17 case: Prosecutor of Netherlands accuses Russia of shooting Boeing 777 down – Prosecutor of Netherlands accuses Russia of MH17 downing” (UKR media)
• “MH17 Investigators Have an Eyewitness, Dutch Prosecutor Says” (RUS independent media)
• “Prosecutor of Netherlands accuses Russia of MH17 downing” (UKR media)
  

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• “Ukraine’s NSDC: Impossible to supply water to Crimea amid Russian occupation” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine’s National Security Secretary excludes water supply to occupied Crimea” (UKR media)
  

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• “NSDC Secretary Danilov: 50% probability that elections will be held in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “National Security Secretary believes in holding Donbas elections for 50%” (UKR media)
  

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• “NSDC has lists of all Ukrainians who received Russian passports in Donbas – Danilov” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russia to build two helicopter carriers in Crimea” (UKR media)
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Continuing to do nothing will not deter China: Charles Burton” (MacDonald-Laurier Institute)
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Doctor who signed off on Lionel Desmond’s firearms licence says he didn’t pose risk”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Undersea Warfare Center and Canadian Forces Ready Marine Mammal Monitoring System” (Pentagon info-machine)

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MILNEWS.ca #coronavirus Update as of 251230UTC Feb 2020

• “Canada prepares pandemic response plan as coronavirus cases continue to climb” (CBC News)
• “Canadians being told to prepare for a possible novel coronavirus pandemic” (Ottawa Citizen)
• “Le Canada se prépare à une vaste propagation du coronavirus” (TVA Nouvelles)
  

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• ” ‘We just keep to ourselves’: Couple waiting out coronavirus quarantine a day at a time — 129 Canadians who were passengers aboard Diamond Princess now in isolation at Cornwall’s Nav Centre …” (CBC News)
• “4th case of coronavirus in Ontario confirmed” (CBC News)
• “500 coronavirus tests in 5 weeks: How Ontario’s public health lab figures out who is infected” (Toronto.com)
  

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• “Coronavirus latest: 7th case revealed in B.C.” (Pique Newsmagazine)
• “Letter to (some B.C.) schools about coronavirus case sparks concern” (CTV News)
  

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• “Calgary’s Chinatown reports business drop of up to 80 per cent over COVID-19 fears” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Risk remains low for COVID-19 in the province: Quebec public health (Globalnews.ca)
• “Coronavirus: Quebecer who caught disease aboard the Diamond Princess is cured, according to his daughter” (CTV News)
  

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• “N.S. high school’s march break trip to avoid northern Italy due to coronavirus” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “A made-in-Canada solution to the coronavirus outbreak? — The best hope for an antiviral drug may come from Michel Chrétien’s Montreal lab …” (Macleans.ca)
  

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• “COVID-19 not yet a pandemic, says UN health agency chief” (UN News)
• “Coronavirus: World must prepare for pandemic, says WHO” (BBC News)
• “Why the coronavirus outbreak isn’t considered a pandemic just yet” (CBC News)
• “Analysis: How close are we to a pandemic?” (BBC News)
• “What does it mean if coronavirus is declared a pandemic?” (The Guardian)
  

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• “Who is ‘patient zero’ in the coronavirus outbreak?” (BBC)
• “China fall in coronavirus cases undermined by questionable data” (Financial Times)
• “Coronavirus death toll in China rises to 2,663 — authorities” (RUS state media)
• “Party Propaganda Machine Wants ‘Heartwarming’ Tales From Virus-Hit Central China” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• “UN chief praises China’s contribution to global fight against COVID-19” (CHN state media)
• “China’s top legislative and political advisory bodies have decided to postpone this year’s two sessions, which customarily begin in early March, as the nation focuses on fighting the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak …” (CHN state media)
• “China not “silent lamb” in face of malicious insults, smears: spokesperson” (CHN state media)
• “Eight negative arguments smearing China’s virus fight must be refuted” (CHN state media)
• “Medical waste strictly processed in Wuhan amid the COVID-19 epidemic” (CHN state media)
• “Novel coronavirus NAT lab improves epidemic diagnosis in Huoshenshan Hospital” (CHN state media)
  

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• “Battle against coronavirus turns to Italy; Wall Street falls on pandemic fears” (Reuters)
• “Coronavirus updates: First cases Austria, Croatia, and southern Italy” (Deutsche Welle)
• “Coronavirus hits Italy cutting short Venice carnival, as towns go on lockdown” (RUS state media)
• “Italy’s Far-Right Seeks to Gain from Coronavirus Outbreak” (Time)
• “Coronavirus: European Commission earmarks US$124 million to WHO response plan, biggest pledge so far” (South China Morning Post)
  

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• “Coronavirus: Rouhani urges Iranians not to panic over outbreak” (BBC News)
  

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• “White House preparing emergency funding request to battle coronavirus” (Globalnews.ca)
• “White House seeks $2.5B for coronavirus, but Pelosi says that’s not enough” (CNBC)
• “Trump administration seeks $2.5 billion in funds to fight coronavirus” (Reuters)
• “Trump asks for $2.5bn to fight coronavirus, gets $1bn for vaccine” (Al Jazeera)
• “Trump administration asks Congress for $2.5 billion to fight coronavirus” (Axios)
  

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• “TSX falls in the face of growing fears over coronavirus spreading around the world” (Yahoo Finance Canada)
• “Coronavirus outbreak is ‘like the fog of war’ for investors in the stock market” (Yahoo Finance)
• “China, Hong Kong stocks drop as coronavirus fears deepen” (Nasdaq)
  

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• “Drugmaker Ships First Experimental Coronavirus Vaccine for Human Tests” (Wall Street Journal via msn.com)
• “Experimental coronavirus vaccine completed by Moderna researchers” (Fox Business)
  

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• “A Chinese biotech has enlisted GlaxoSmithKline to aid its development of a protein-based vaccine for the newly emergent coronavirus, announcing an agreement Monday to test the British drugmaker’s adjuvant technology in combination with its experimental vaccine candidate …” (biopharmadive.com)
• “Remdesivir drug may help treat coronavirus symptoms, WHO says” (NBC2 News)
• “Clover to use GSK’s adjuvant system for Covid-19 vaccine candidate” (pharmaceutical-technology.com)
  

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• “Coronavirus prompts FDA to detail screening of Chinese-made products” (Fox Business)
  

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• “Hand-Washing Critical to Containing Viruses, MIT Study Shows” (Voice of America)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – February 24, 2020

• Internal Security
• “OPP arrest 10 demonstrators at Tyendinaga blockade site, charges pending”
• “OPP arrest multiple protesters at Tyendinaga Mohawk rail blockade”
• “Reprise du service de Via Rail lundi entre Ottawa, Montréal et Québec”
• “Ontario police move on Mohawk blockade, protests flare elsewhere”
• “Wet’suwet’en supporters blocking West Coast Express, Vancouver port, B.C. Legislature”
• “More blockades, protests in Quebec as First Nations respond to Tyendinaga arrests”
• “Rail blockades add to existing backlog at B.C. ports”
• “Solidarity rail blockade launched in Hamilton after OPP arrests in Tyendinaga”
• “GO trains halted between Aldershot and Hamilton due to Wet’suwet’en protest on tracks”
• “Main entrance to Sault Ste. Marie’s International Bridge shut down by demonstrators”
• “Indigenous solidarity protests block Highway 6 in Caledonia, delay Hamilton GO trains”
• “Wet’suwet’en solidarity blockade returns to Port of Vancouver in violation of injunction”
• ” ‘Reconciliation Is Dead,’ Says (Ontario NDP) MPP Sol Mamakwa After Tyendinaga Arrests”
• “Far-Right Groups Engaging in Vigilantism” (Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective)
• “Was Trudeau dragging his heels on the blockades, or giving himself room to manoeuvre?”
• “Violent ends to past Indigenous protests haunt government”
• “Canada: solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en – revolution, not reconciliation!” (marxist.com)
  

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• “Federal officials lost or possibly destroyed sensitive records about the case of a naval officer convicted of selling secrets to Russia, an investigation by Canada’s information commissioner has found …”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “HMCS Fredericton latest ship to deploy on Op REASSURANCE” (RCN info-machine)
• “Brother of jailed US national Whelan grateful for eased access to lawyers” (RUS state media)
• “Russian Embassy slams Canada’s statement on Georgia cyberattacks” (RUS state media)
• “Russia invites US to discuss rules in cyberspace — diplomat” (RUS state media)
• ” U.S. conducts military exercises preparing for Russian nuclear strike on NATO countries”
• “Estonia has no territorial claims to its neighbors, including Russia, President Kersti Kaljulaid said on Monday during celebrations to mark the country’s Independence Day …” (RUS state media)
• “The Politics around NATO’s 2% Defense Spending Requirement”
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 45/2020 issued on 24 February 2020”
• “Weekly update of the situation in the operation area of the Joint Forces from 17 to 23 February 2020” (UKR MoD)
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (24 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
• Essence of Time summary, 20-23 Feb 2020 (pro-RUS site, in Russian, with maps)
• JFO: МAP – 24.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
  

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• “Day in Donbas: Militants once violated ‘silence regime’ ” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian forces violate ceasefire five times over past 24 hours, damage recorded – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Donbas: Russian mercenaries shell their own positions to discredit Ukrainian troops” (UKR media)
• “Russia-led forces mount attacks on Ukrainian army positions – JFO HQ” (UKR Media)
• “Russian occupiers in Donbas equipping new firing positions for self-propelled guns, tanks – intel” (UKR media)
• “Russia continues to violate Minsk Agreements – Lithuanian formin” (The Baltic Times)
  

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• “Stark warning that Russia could use military force to get water for occupied Crimea” (Human Rights in Ukraine, NGO)
  

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• “Deadly​ DIY Drones In The Donbas” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• “Disengagement of armed forces in the conflict zone in Donbas” (Civicmonitoring, NGO)
• “Russia in Review: The Kremlin’s Fake De-escalation in Donbas” (ISW Blog)
• “Attack in Donbass, Conference in Munich: Bad Signals for Ukraine” (Warsaw Institute)
  

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• “Looming Confrontation in President Zelenskyy’s Entourage Could Lead to Reset of Ukrainian Government” (Jamestown Foundation)
  

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• “Units of a separate mechanized brigade undergo NATO-led collective training at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center … Representatives of US and Canadian contingents — Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Walsh and Major John-Paul Wright also took a floor with welcoming speeches … ” (UKR MoD)
  

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• “Ukroboronprom boosts exports of arms, services by 19% in 2019, to nearly US$1 bln – CEO Abromaviсius”
  

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• “Dutch-led investigation has eyewitness to Russian missile launch – media” (UKR media)
  

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• “Checkpoints in Donbas to work longer from March 1” (UKR media)
• “All checkpoints in Donbas to switch to spring working mode since March 1” (UKR media)
  

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• “Ukrainians, recently relesed from Donbas militants’ captivity, don’t receive promised compensation” (UKR media)
  

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• Way Up North
• “This week, approximately 350 Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel will deploy to Resolute Bay and Rankin Inlet, Nunavut as part of Operation NANOOK-NUNALIVUT 2020 (Op NA-NU 20) …” (DND info-machine)
• “Opération NANOOK‑NUNALIVUT 2020: les militaires canadiens démontrent leurs compétences dans le domaine arctique”
• “US troops heading north for Cold Response 2020 exercise in Arctic”
• “Russia Steps up Efforts to Dominate Arctic Region” (Jamestown Foundation)
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Kuwait Embassy honors Canadian veterans of 1991 ‘Liberation War’ “
• “Al-Qaida Confirms Death of AQAP Leader, Names Sucessor”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “US Still Eyeing Ways to Curb Sales to Huawei, Sources Say”
• “Ties that Bind: Huawei and the Chinese Party-State”
• “Chinese Army to procure 1.4 million body armor units in 2 years” (CHN mil media)
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Pentagon Has ‘No Plans to Redeploy THAAD’ in South Korea – Defense Secretary Esper” (RUS state media)
• “North Korea’s Sinpo South Shipyard: Low-Level Activity” (38 North)
• “US, ROK Militaries May Scale Back Exercises Amid Outbreak”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Ottawa could face four class-action lawsuits over $165M error at Veterans Affairs”
• “Veterans Affairs taking a harder line on therapy for families of former soldiers, ombudsman says”
• “Income Replacement Benefit Calculation For Reserve Force Veterans … We have determined based on our investigation of complaints, that the IRB calculation can result in unfair outcomes for Reserve Force Veterans. The result is often inequitable for survivors and orphans of deceased Reserve Force Members and Veterans as well, for their IRB is calculated in the same manner …” (Veterans Ombudsman)
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Upgraded RCAF Aurora aircraft conducts initial flight test”
• “Canada’s CP-140 Aurora MPA Upgraded to Block IV Takes First Flight”
• “Upgraded RCAF Aurora aircraft conducts initial flight test”
• “Works Starts on New Rolls-Royce Facility in Peterborough”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Canadian submarines will return to sea in 2020: Navy”
• “Soldiers engage in simulated emergency drills in London – and prepare for real thing”
• “Canadian military stands up for women troops after viral tweet questioned ‘how men could be attracted to women dressed as men’ “
• “Fanshawe College commits to support military personnel”
• “CADPAT: A uniquely Canadian development” (CAF Army info-machine)
• “A digital call for fires” (Canadian Army Today)

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MILNEWS.ca #coronavirus Update as of 241240UTC Feb 2020

• “New presumptive case of novel coronavirus confirmed in Toronto” (CTV News)
• “Ontario Confirms Presumptive Case of COVID-19” (Government of Ontario)
• “Third presumptive COVID-19 case announced in Toronto, marking 4th case in Ontario” (Globalnews.ca)
• “New presumptive case of novel coronavirus in Toronto, health officials say” (CP24.com)
• “Passenger from Iran on flight from Montreal to Vancouver tests positive for novel coronavirus” (Montreal Gazette)
• “How Toronto medical staff responded to the first confirmed coronavirus case in Canada” (The Varsity)
  

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• “Passenger on Air Canada flight to Vancouver is not a new case of COVID-19: B.C. officials” (Globalnews.ca)
• “B.C. health officials try to dispel COVID-19 misinformation among Chinese-Canadian community” (Globalnews.ca)
• “COVID-19: Quarantined Fredericton couple happy to be back in Canada, but eager for N.B. return” (Globalnews.ca)
  

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• “Families with members stuck in China call for third Canadian rescue flight” (CBC News)
  

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• “Coronavirus updates: Global stocks tumble as death toll surpasses 2,500” (CNBC)
• “Five Dead in Italy Outbreak; Cases Spike in Iran: Virus Update” (Bloomberg News)
• “Coronavirus: WHO Team Visits Hospitals In China’s Wuhan; Death Toll Climbs To 2,592” (outlookindia.com)
• “WHO experts visit Chinese coronavirus epicenter” (Agence France-Presse via Al Arabiya English)
  

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• “Coronavirus: China postpones parliament meeting over virus outbreak” (Deutsche Welle)
• “China Postpones Sessions of Legislative and Advisory Bodies Amid Coronavirus Outbreak – Reports” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Xi Says China Facing ‘Big Test’ With Virus, Global Impact Spreads” (Agence France-Presse via Voice of America)
• “China’s Xi Jinping sounds alarm over coronavirus outbreak at party’s doorstep” (The Indian Express)
• “Confusion in Wuhan as move to ease coronavirus lockdown is reversed” (South China Morning Post)
• “Xi urges solid, meticulous epidemic prevention, control” (CHN military media)
• “China’s virus containment wins praise” (CHN military media)
• “U.S. experts endorse China’s health system under pressure of coronavirus outbreak” (CHN state media)
• “As the plague of locusts is likely to put on extra pressure on world food supply this year, it is more urgent than ever for China to ensure its own grain production despite the impact of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Though there is a very low risk of a locust plague attacking China, relevant authorities are still closely watching for any potential invasion, which has already hit East Africa, India and Pakistan …” (CHN state media)
• “Coronavirus is communist China’s ‘biggest health emergency,’ says Xi Jinping” (Hong Kong Free Press)
• “China hails ASEAN FMs’ supporting remarks on fighting COVID-19” (CHN state media)
• “Coronavirus: Wuhan relaxes, then immediately reintroduces quarantine” (Business Insider)
  

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• “Gold price at seven-year high on coronavirus fears” (BBC News)
• “Coronavirus: Dow futures plunge 800 points as cases outside China jump” (USA Today)
• “Oil prices slide on demand concerns as virus spreads globally” (Reuters via Metro US)
• “Shipping lines face troubled waters as oil tankers, container carriers and cruise lines stop calling on China for fear of catching the coronavirus” (South China Morning Post)
  

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• “Why some experts are questioning China’s coronavirus claims” (CBC News)
  

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• “This map shows flight paths worldwide — it does not show the movement of Wuhan residents” (AFP Fact Check)

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MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update as of 232040UTC Feb 2020

• #PS752
• “Canada, others nations push Iran on downed airliner probe” (AP via newspressnow.com)
• “Edmontonians gather at city hall to honour Flight 752 crash victims with condolence book” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Iran won’t analyze PS752 black boxes without Ukraine – NSDC Secretary Danilov” (UKR media)
• “Danilov: “Black boxes” of UIA aircraft shot down in Iran won’t be decrypted without representatives of Ukraine” (UKR media)
  

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• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 44/2020 issued on 22 February 2020”
• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 43/2020 issued on 21 February 2020″{
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (21 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
• JFO: МAP – 21.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (20 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
• JFO: МAP – 20.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (19 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
• JFO: МAP – 19.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
  

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• “LPR hands over body, remains of killed servicemen to Ukraine” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Day in Donbas: Militants fired at JFO positions 10 times – Day in Donbas: Militants fired at JFO positions 10 times”
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Day in Donbas: Militants fired at JFO positions seven times” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine reports 10 enemy attacks in Donbas on Feb 20” (UKR media)
• “Donbas war update: 11 enemy attacks, one soldier injured in booby-trap blast on Feb 22” (UKR media)
• “One Ukrainian soldier injured in booby-trap blast in Donbas on Saturday” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russian-led forces try again to penetrate contact line in Donbas, get fitting rebuff” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine warfare escalates; OSCE calls for restraint” (Baltic News Network)
• “OSCE’s SMM records marked spike in number of ceasefire violations in Donbass” (RUS state media)
• “Situation in Donbass calms down after flare-up on Tuesday — Ukrainian defense minister” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Hope for ‘long-elusive progress’ in negotiating peace in eastern Ukraine” (UN News)
  

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• “Russia installs radar station to control Crimean Coasts” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian Defense Ministry: There are around 25,000 Russian soldiers in Donbas today” (UKR media)
  

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• “MH17 prosecutor says Russians “haven’t been helpful at all” ” (60 Minutes – CBS News)
• “No Buk missile systems detected near MH17 crash zone — leaked document” (RUS state media)
• “#BonanzaLeaks – NEWSLETTER 2” (Bonanza Media)
• “Kremlin Says ‘Leak’ Proves Russia’s Case in MH17 Shoot-down. It Doesn’t” (polygraph.info, fact checking site)
• “Pro-Kremlin Disinformation Desperation: MH17 and WWII” (EU vs DISINFORMATION)
  

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• “Ukraine has sold weapons to almost a billion dollars” (UKR media)
• “Ministry of Defense plans to procure approx 3 thousand missile systems and missiles to them worth more than 2 billion UAH (CAN $108 million)” (UKR MoD)
  

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• “No date set for next Normandy Four summit yet — Kremlin” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Russian diplomat slams UK envoy to UN remarks about Donbass aid as surrealistic — The British representative alleged that Russia was not doing anything to ensure secure delivery of humanitarian aid supplies to Donbass people in dire need …” (RUS state media)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – February 22, 2020

• Internal Security
• “Send in the army? Why one expert says that would be a ‘ludicrous’ response to rail blockades”
• “Trudeau says rail barricades ‘need to come down now,’ rules out sending in soldiers to restore rail service”
• “PM urges patience, promises reconciliation in face of anti-pipeline blockades”
• “Blocages ferroviaires : « Les barricades doivent être démantelées », dit Trudeau”
• “Was Trudeau dragging his heels on the blockades, or giving himself room to manoeuvre?”
• “Fin de siège à Saint-Lambert (QC)”
• “Gitxsan man resigns from military after RCMP enforces pipeline order”
• “Canadian PM proclaims indigenous “barricades must now come down” ” (World Socialist Web Site)
• “Why do authorities hesitate to do the right thing?”
• “Who and What’s Behind the Blockades Disrupting Canada’s Rails”
• “Reconciliation at the End of a Gun: The Wet’suwet’en and the RCMP”
  

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• “Supreme Court of Canada to hear federal appeal in Via Rail terror case”
• Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada v. Chiheb Esseghaier, et al. – SCC Cases (Lexum)
• Supreme Court of Canada – SCC Case Information – Summary – 38861
  

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• “Case of alleged RCMP secret-leaker, Cameron Ortis, could head behind closed doors”
  

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• “Alleged Canadian neo-Nazi pleads not guilty to weapons charges in U.S. court”
• “Patrik Mathews, accused neo-Nazi, pleads not guilty to U.S. weapons charges”
• Former CAF member: “‘These groups are real and cannot be ignored’: Vigilance key to fighting hate, says former white supremacist”
  

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• “U.S. government analyst with Canadian ties pleads guilty to leaking weapons systems intel to journalists”
• “Defense Intelligence Agency Employee Arrested for Leaking Classified Information to Journalists” (USA Department of Justice)
  

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• “Why Canada can’t let Huawei build a 5G network”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Canada’s CP-140 Aurora MPA Upgraded to Block IV Takes First Flight”
• “Canada Needs New Aircraft, Could The F-35 Fit The Bill?”
• “The Canadian military is investigating potential problems with brakes on its new armoured vehicle fleet which may have contributed to a number of incidents, including where one of the 18-tonne vehicles hit a car near Petawawa …”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Ombudsman calls for national consultations, plan for supporting veterans”
• “Government needs a plan for backlog of veterans’ aid applications: ombudsman”
• “Inquiry judge tackles bureaucracy that prevented officials from sharing veteran’s history”
  

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• Other Military News
• Supp (B) budget adjustments: Mo’ DND money sought for capital investments, Heyder/Beattie class action settlements, Op REASSURANCE/Op PRESENCE  – The Parliamentary Financial Cycle (Library of Parliament)
• “Canada nearly lost 2018 UN mission because it didn’t have enough women in uniform”
• “Nova Scotia could see limited internet voting for military with proposed changes”
• “Minister of National Defence to attend 2020 Allied Winter Sports Camp for Ill and Injured Military Members and Veterans” (DND info-machine)

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