MILNEWS.ca #UKR + Cold War 2.0 Update as of 141220UTC May 2017

#Ukraine

• “Russian fighter jet again ‘buzzes’ US plane in Black Sea — media”
• “President of the United States Donald Trump has said in an interview with Fox News that during two separate meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in Washington, he urged the parties to restore peaceful relations between them …”
• “Rasmussen urged NATO allies to provide Ukraine with lethal weapons”
• Updates from All Sides  “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 12 May 2017” – UKR govt ATO map, 14 May 2017 – UKR govt ATO map, 13 May 2017 – “Ukraine reports 4 WIAs amid 61 enemy attacks in last day” – “Kiev forces commit 6 ceasefire violations shelling LPR”  – “Militants shelling populated areas with 152 mm caliber shells” – “Civilian wounded in Ukrainian army’s shelling on village in DPR south – DPR” – “No casualties among Ukrainian Armed Forces over past day, three soldiers wounded” – “DPR reports 54 ceasefire violations, 22 localities shelled by Kiev’s forces” – “61 attacks reported in ATO zone, four Ukrainian soldiers wounded” – “Ukrainian forces launch 75 shells onto LPR over past 24 hours”
• He Says, She Says about Avdiivka Shelling  “Four Civilians Reported Killed In Shelling Of Ukraine’s Avdiyivka” – “Donetsk republic’s command says shelling on Avdeyevka is Kiev’s provocation” – “Four civilians killed in militant shelling of Avdiyivka’s residential district” –  “DPR Command calls Avdeyevka’s shelling a provocation” – “Four local residents killed as result of Avdiivka shelling, – Zhebrivsky”
• “Ukrainian defence companies shows interest in SARP-L advanced remote weapon platform”
• “Ukraine awarded the sailors who prevented the capture of their vessel by Russian warship”
• “Oh, Those Russians …”  “Ukraine Update: Russia’s Active Campaign in Ukraine” (ISW Blog) – “Russia to strengthen its Black Sea fleet with another frigate and two submarines” – “Media: Russia allocates $180 million (CDN $240 million) to supply ore to the Donbas”
• “International antiterrorist drills slated n Odesa region on May 15-25”
• “Trilateral Contact Group to discuss ecological and technological risks in Donbas in addition to hostages release issue”
• “Tax militia lieutenant colonel nabbed while accepting UAH 400,000 (CDN $20,700) in bribe”

Cold War 2.0:  Russia/Baltics/Eastern Europe

• “Putin arrives in Beijing on two-day visit” – “Meeting with President of China Xi Jinping” (RUS Pres info-machine)
• “Lithuania Wants Permanent U.S. Troop Presence To Counter Russia”
• “Six NATO warships arrive in Estonia”
• “Estonia and Russia to sign agreement on cross-border cooperation”
• “Estonia to Support Possible NATO Formal Anti-Daesh Fight Joining”
• “Turkey successfully tests 280 km-range ballistic missile near the Black Sea”
• “The New Russian Spy Ships”
• “Russia Wants to Put a 76-Millimeter Cannon on an Icebreaker”
• “Shocking … RIA Novosti pointed out something easily overlooked. On May 11, the head of the MOD’s Main Directorate of Combat Training (GUBP) announced in Krasnaya zvezda that the Russian Army will reintroduce the honorific “shock” [ударная] — as in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Shock Army [ударная армия]. …” (Russian Defense Policy blog)

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