MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update as of 090120UTC January 2019

• “Canadian military congratulated Ukraine on Merry Christmas” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
• “Ukrainian Army about to get powerful Canadian sniper rifles” (UKR media) – more (militarynews.com, USA military news page)
  

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• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 7 January 2019”

• UKR MoD public battle map, 8 Jan 2019
• “Situation Update, east of Ukraine as of morning, January 04, 2019” (UKR MoD info-machine)
• “Summary of the squad “The Essence of Time” for January 3-6″ (pro-RUS rebel site, in Russian)

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• “JCCC: Kiev forces fire nearly 20 rounds at DPR in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Christmas in Donbas: Militants fire from grenade launchers, machine guns” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Donbas update: Ukraine reports one WIA as invaders violate silence regime Jan 7” (UKR media)
  
• “The Ukrainian Armed Forces Opened Fire at an OSCE Patrol in the LPR” (pro-RUS site)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “The command OOS uses a truce for the concentration of forces along the line of contact – Danili Bezonov” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
• “It’s Orthodox Christmas and people are still dying in Donbass” (USA mainstream conservative media)

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• “We will not let Russia decide how Ukraine should use the Sea of Azov and the Kerch Strait – President in the interview to CNN Turk” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Ukrainian President: We will not let Russia run the show in Sea of Azov” (UKR media)
• “The Kerch Strait skirmish: a Law of the Sea perspective” (Russian Military Reform blog)
  

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• “Demonstration of possibilities of Training Centre of Special Operations Forces” (UKR MoD info-machine)
• “Ukraine Delivers US Radar of the Kind Used on Russia’s S-300 Air Defenses” (pro-RUS site)
  

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• “Bodies Of Three Ukrainians Recovered After Ship Sinks In Black Sea” (US govt funded media)

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  “Ukraine submitted a full-fledged statement against the Russian Federation on the violation of the rights of 24 Ukrainian sailors captured near the Kerch Strait in November last year to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) …” (UKR media) – more (UKR media)
  

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  “U.S. naval ship arrives in Romanian port in Black Sea” (UKR media)

• “U.S. Warship Arrives At Romanian Port Amid Black Sea Tensions” (US govt funded media)
• “Kremlin: Russia monitors actions of US Navy ship in Black Sea” (UKR media)
• “USS Fort McHenry en route to the Black Sea” (USN 6th Fleet info-machine)

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  “Ukraine has every chance of joining NATO after Macedonia – head of Ukraine’s mission to NATO” (UKR media)

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  “Russia’s mercenaries create fakes to discredit Ukrainian army in Donbas” (UKR media)

• “Russian invaders in Donbas obtain so-called “passports” in “LPR-DPR” – Ukraine intel” (UKR media)
• “How Can Ukraine Take On Russia When it has One of the Worst Air Force’s in the World” (pro-RUS site)
• “Vladimir Linderman: Latvia’s Missing Night Vision Devices Should Be Sought in the “Azov” Battalion” (pro-RUS site)
• “The collection of stories Torn Souls: an Anthology of Prose About the Soviet War in Afghanistan is available for download from the Lugansk Media Center website. The LPR Writers Union published the book with the assistance of LPR, DPR, Russian and Australian state agencies and individuals …” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Ukraine expects rapid consideration of statement to ECHR against Russia” (UKR media)
• “In 2018, the representatives of the LNR signed 11 agreements on cooperation with Russian counterparts” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine, in Russian)
• “Klimkin stands for permanent ban on Russian men’s entry into Ukraine” (UKR media)
  
• ” ‘Banned’ Ukrainian Communist Party puts forward candidate for Presidential Elections” (Human Rights in Ukraine)
• “What’s the Ukrainian peace plan accidentally revealed to be at the center of Manafort’s latest filing?” (theweek.com, generally liberal news site)
  

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  “Canada hails receiving of tomos by OCU and becoming Autocephalous Church — Canada’s FM” (UKR media)

• Chrystia Freeland on Twitter: “Congratulations to the new Orthodox Church of #Ukraine for receiving the Tomos of Autocephaly yesterday and becoming an independent and recognized, Autocephalous Church. Canada welcomes this positive change in recognition of Ukraine’s sovereignty.”
• “Parliament’s chair Parubiy sees newborn Ukraine’s single church as robust footing for further national identity and unity, likewise kind of arm of defence against hostile attacks” (Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine)
• “Poroshenko decides to award ‘Hero of Ukraine‘ title to Patriarch Filaret” (UKR media)
• “Orthodox Church of Ukraine warns about religious provocations” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine’s chief rabbi speaks against law on renaming of Ukrainian Orthodox Church” (RUS-based privately-held wire service)
  
• “The Pope expresses concern about the conflict in the Donbas” (UKR media)

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