- Internal Security
- “RCMP Commissioner issues statement on arrest of Cameron Ortis”
- “Accused Canadian intelligence official had access to allies’ secrets, RCMP commissioner says”
- “Ortis arrest ‘unsettling,’ amid RCMP damage assessment, says top Mountie”
- “Five Eyes allies raising questions as damage control continues in Cameron Ortis case: sources”
- “Secrets in hands of alleged RCMP spy would cause ‘devastating’ damage to Canada, allies: documents”
- “RCMP assesses impacts of possible leaks by alleged mole”
- “Senior RCMP civilian held in custody after first court appearance charged with seven secrecy offences”
- “Intelligence official charged seemed to be ‘exemplar of discretion’: former colleague”
- “Canada Arrests Intelligence Officer Who Worked On Magnitsky Probe”
- “L’affaire Cameron Ortis surveillée par les alliés du renseignement canadien”
- “Un haut gradé de la GRC accusé d’espionnage enquêtait sur la Russie”
- “Canada: arrest of ex-head of intelligence shocks experts and alarms allies”
- “Un haut gradé de la GRC arrêté enquêtait sur la Russie”
- “Federal parties being warned of efforts by 6 foreign countries to influence election: sources”
- “Some US Lawmakers Consider Designating White Supremacists as Terrorists”
- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Iranian legislator urges military to seize Canadian ships”
- “Iran’s hardliners threaten to seize Canadian assets after the sale of Iranian buildings”
- “NATO Secretary General arrives in Iraq with Supreme Allied Commander Europe” (NATO info-machine)
- “CJTF-OIR transitions commanders for defeat-ISIS mission” (U.S. Central Command info-machine)
- ” The RAF are continuing to take the fight to Daesh in Syria …” (GBR MoD info-machine)
- “Iraq launches anti-ISIS operation near Saudi border”
- “Shia militias attacked in Iraq -report”
- “Islamic State’s Reclusive Leader Issues New Call for Action”
- “IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi calls on fighters to free detained jihadis and families”
- “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi releases audio message to ISIS supporters”
- “New Cyber Warning: ISIS Or Al-Qaeda Could Attack Using ‘Dirty Bomb’ “
- “Iraq works to distance itself from US-Iran tension after Saudi Aramco attack”
- “Pompeo told Iraqi PM US information affirms Saudi not attacked from Iraq: Baghdad statement”
- “Russia threatens to shoot down Israeli planes in Syria”
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Canadian and his firm plead guilty to transferring U.S. Navy rescue-sub data to China”
- “Could a tiny Chinese magnetic sensor be up to the huge task of tracking submarines?”
- “Pentagon steps up efforts to counter China’s rising power”
- “US vessel breaks into Xisha Islands again, becoming PLA’s best training partner — On September 13, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) illegally sailed into China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea under the name of so-called “freedom of navigation” for the second time in a half-month period …” (CHN military media)
- #HongKong
- “Where the Hong Kong Protests Stand After 100 Days: Rubber Bullets, Petrol Bombs, and 5 Demands”
- “Police Union Calls For Use of Live Ammunition Amid Growing Violence in Hong Kong”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “A group of American and Canadian military inspectors will carry out an observation flight over the territory of Russia this week within the frames of the international Open Skies Treaty, the Krasnaya Zvezda daily reported on Monday citing a senior Russian Defense Ministry official …”
- “Joint US-Canadian mission to make an observation flight over the Russian Federation on September 16-21 as part of the Treaty on Open Skies” (RUS MoD)
- “US, Canadian military inspectors to hold observation flight over Russia this week” (RUS state media)
- “Estonia, together with 17 allies, participates in the Northern Coasts military exercise … Estonia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Canada, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are participating in the exercise with ships and aircraft …”
- “Allied Chiefs of Defence – NATO remains a pillar of stability in an uncertain world” (NATO info-machine)
- “Poland works hard to prepare for possible war with Russia – media”
- “Not Just F-35s: Poland Has Big Plans to Prepare for a War with Russia”
- “Donald Trump’s NATO Attacks Are ‘Dangerous’ and Could Tempt Putin to Test the Alliance, Former Secretary General Warns”
- “Anti-terror training held near Kaliningrad in a motorized rifle unit of the BF army corps” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
- “Russia finishes second stage of S-400 deliveries to Turkey – (RUS) defense ministry”
- “Russia Completes Second Stage of S-400 Missile System Components Delivery”
- “What Drives Belarus’s Rapprochement With the West?”
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “Canadian officials honour Nazi collaborators in Ukraine, angering Jewish groups” (National Post, CAN private media)
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 219/2019 issued on 16 September 2019”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (16 Sept)” (UKR MoD)
- UKR MoD summary, 160700 Sept 2019 (in Ukrainian)
- JFO: МAP – 16.09.2019 (UKR NSDC)
- “Weekly update on the situation in the operation area of the JFO from 09 to 15 September 2019 (Video)” (UKR MoD)
- Essence of Time summary, 12-15 Sept 2019 (pro-RUS site, with maps, in Russian)
- “Donbas war: 14 ceasefire violations over day, one soldier wounded” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian forces fire 71 rounds of ammunition at ten DPR settlements over 24 hours – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “One Ukrainian soldier is wounded in Donbas area on September 16, – Ministry of Defense” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian forces step up shelling of DPR over week – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Day in Donbas: No casualties among Ukrainian troops” (UKR media)
- “Day in Donbas: Nine attacks, no casualties among Ukrainian soldiers” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine reports 16 enemy attacks in Donbas on Sept 15” (UKR media)
- ” “Since the beginning of truce, enemy has carried out more than 500 attacks at our positions, 80 of which with prohibited weapons” – Commander of Joined Forces Operation” (UKR media)
- “Rapid Trident 2019 drills kick off in Lviv region” (UKR media)
- “Participants of the Rapid Trident-2019 International Exercises were briefed on security measures” (UKR MoD)
- “Ukraine: Former Separatist Shot Dead In Government-Controlled Donetsk Region” (USA govt funded media)
- “Militant of so-called Donetsk People’s Republic Dzhumayev shot dead in Mariupol”
- “Donbas terrorist placed by Ukraine court under house arrest shot dead in Mariupol” (UKR media)
- “A Defender of Donbass Released by Kiev Under House Arrest Was Murdered in Ukraine-Occupied Mariupol” (pro-RUS site)
- “Ukrainian military Mykhailo Tsymbalistyi died in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Russian Navy Shadowing US Yuma Vessel Sailing in Black Sea” (RUS state media)
- “Bastion, Bal, Bereg missile and artillery battalions of Black Sea Fleet conduct exercises at training grounds of Crimea” (RUS MoD)
- “OSCE SMM must record the real situation in Donbas, every violation, every gunshot” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Zelensky: OSCE SMM should report “real situation” in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Zelensky wants OSCE monitors to be honest when record violations in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Peacekeepers to be in Donbas only in case of problems with Minsk agreements implementation, – Foreign Minister” (UKR media)
- “Zelensky hopes for solution of issue of prisoner swap at Normandy Format Summit” (UKR media)
- “The Normandy Four must resolve the issue of release of all detained persons and set clear deadlines for the withdrawal of troops – Volodymyr Zelenskyy” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Ukraine at meeting in ‘Normandy format’ wants to resolve issue of release of all held persons, determine timeframe for forces disengagement in Donbas – Zelensky” (UKR media)
- “Zelensky hopes issue of Ukraine regaining control over the border to be raised during Slovak chairmanship in OSCE” (UKR media)
- “Kiev needs to sign Steinmeier formula for holding Normandy Quartet talks — expert” (RUS state media)
- “OSCE head asks not to question frameworks of Minsk, Normandy Four talks on Ukraine” (RUS state media)
- “Zelensky would like disengagement on entire disengagement line in Donbas – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
- “Cabinet members, MPs to prepare law on special procedure for local self-government in (occupied areas) – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
- “Donbas for Russia is method to keep Ukraine under its influence, – Volker” (UKR media)r
- “Zelensky announces priority steps for peace in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Volker: “Steinmeier formula” may be applied only after free elections in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Elections in Donbas won’t take place on terms of militants – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine will not be pushed to elections on Russia’s terms – Volker” (UKR media)
- “In Ukraine, Foreign Minister And Others Fear Being ‘Pushed’ By West Into Bad Deal With Russia” (USA govt funded media)
- “Kiev’s wish to change Donbass status terms threatens peace process – speaker” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Kiev’s unwillingness to follow Minsk accords must result in guarantor countries’ sanctions – Pushilin” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Kiev uses Minsk peace deal only for speculation and PR – Lugansk leader” (RUS state media)
- “Statement by LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik — The day before, Vadim Pristaiko joined Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Zelensky who are not willing to implement the Minsk Agreements. Consequently, all the key Ukrainian policymakers made it clear that the Minsk Agreements for them are a tool for speculations and self-promotion, not for ending the war and the five-year conflict in which innocent people are killed by their hand …” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Donetsk leader urges sanctions on Kiev over its reluctance to fulfill Minsk peace deal” (RUS state media)
- “Commentary by Denis Pushilin on the statement of Vadim Pristayko on the refusal to secure the special status of Donbass in the constitution of Ukraine” (pro-RUS rebel leader info-machine)
- “Volker: Role of Tsemakh in MH17 case is exaggerated” (UKR media)
- “Kyiv Eyes Hike In Defense Spending As Peace Talks With Moscow Loom” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukraine budgets $10 billion for defense in 2020” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine planning surge in military spending as war continues” (Baltic News Network)
- “Ukraine to introduce improved military uniform in 2020” (UKR media)
- “UN General Assembly includes discussion of Donbas conflict and Crimea’s status in agenda” (UKR media)
- ” “Procedural win”: UNGA includes situation in occupied Donbas, Crimea on agenda of the “high-level week” “
- “Russian-controlled Donbas ‘republics’ remove Ukrainian language and everything connected with Ukraine from schools” (Human Rights in Ukraine, NGO)
- “Too early to speak about improvement in relations with Ukraine — Russian Foreign Ministry” (RUS state media)
- Way Up North
- “Towards a U.S.-China War?(2): Military Tensions in the Warming Arctic – From 1 to 28 September 2019, 3000 men and women of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are participating in the “Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise”. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command leads this exercise. The exercise takes place in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and Southern California …” (The Red (Team) Analysis Society)
- “It’s Time for NATO to Engage in the Arctic”
- “Russia deploys S-400 to Arctic”
- “Russia deploys new missile system in the strategic Arctic region”
- “Russia deploys S-400 missile system in Arctic”
- “Russia Deploys S-400s To Arctic”
- “Russia Deploys S-400 Systems in the Arctic”
- “Exercise Tsentr 2019 Starts Off In Russia — Tsentr 2019 will feature a focus on Arctic capabilities …”
- “As Russia launches war games Tsentr-2019, Arctic troops advance on Bolshevik Island”
- “Tsentr 2019 maneuvers kick off in Armed Forces of Russian Federation” (RUS MoD)
- “Strategic Command Post Exercise Center-2019” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
- “The air defense units of the Central Military District within the framework of the Center-2019 SKSHU will take up duty in new position areas” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
- “Invaluable Arctic: Why Russia’s Northern Projects Make the US Jealous”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “… The Department of National Defence (DND), including the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield, Ralston Alberta has requirement for the supply and delivery of adventurous training technical clothing for use by BATUS-run adventurous training …”
- “COMMENTARY: Alternative Saab fighter could save navy by dodging extravagant F-35s”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “The Veterans Coalition Party Of Canada, a new political party dedicated to veterans and other vulnerable members of society, recently launched in Nova Scotia. Despite being in its infancy, the group says their party will offer the change some Canadians are looking for …”
- “Canada’s first residence for homeless vets named in honour of hero pilot”
- Other Military News
- “Province thanks Armed Forces for their help with hurricane clean-up”
- “Invictus 2020: les athlètes d’Équipe Canada s’entraînent à Valcartier”
- “DND historian seeking veterans from Operation Snowgoose” – Operation SNOWGOOSE (DND info-machine)
MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – September 16, 2019
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