MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – November 13, 2019

• Internal Security
• “Canadian intelligence agencies at odds over whether to ban Huawei from 5G networks: official”
• “Canada needs to start seeing Russia and China as ‘adversaries,’ says ex-CSIS chief”
• “Canada isn’t doing enough against global threats, uprisings warns former CSIS chief”
• “Canada needs to start seeing Russia and China as ‘adversaries,’ says ex-CSIS chief”
• “Canada spy agencies split over proposed Huawei 5G ban, report says”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• Head’s up to potential contractors: You need security clearances to work on designing and building places to keep the fighter we haven’t decided on yet
• “Another Way to Buy Frigates” (Canadian Global Affairs Institute)
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Lessons not learned: Canadian troops should get out of Iraq, now”
• “Iraq’s protests fuelled by poverty, political stalemate”
• “Iraq protests heat up as Baghdad faces renewed street pressure”
• “More Iraqis go missing amid government crackdown on protesters”
• “The Kurdistan Region of Iraq: The Dream of Independence Meets Reality” (Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies)
• “A military convoy belonging to the U.S. Armed Forces entered Iraq from the Al-Hasakah Governorate in Syria, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on Wednesday …”
  

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• “IS Detainees in Syria a ‘Ticking Time Bomb,’ State Department Official Says”
• “Major terror attack in West ‘expected’ over Syria inaction, Kurdish general warns”
• “Turkey says it captured ‘important’ IS figure in Syria”
• “What is a caliph? The Islamic State tries to boost its legitimacy by hijacking a historic institution”
• “Trump says U.S. left troops in Syria ‘only for the oil,’ appearing to contradict Pentagon”
• “Turkey to repair schools damaged by YPG terrorists in northern Syria” (TUR media)
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “Canadian Army Combat Engineers helping ‘bridge the gap’ in Ukraine” (CAF FB post)
  

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• “US Navy cancels routine Black Sea patrol after Trump’s complaint” (UKR media)
• “US Navy canceled a patrol after Trump said it was hostile to Russia” (businessinsider.com)
  

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• “Air defense forces repel enemy missile attack on Black Sea Fleet’s naval base in drills” (RUS state media)
  

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• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 269/2019 issued on 13 November 2019”
• JFO: МAP – 13.11.2019 (UKR NSDC)
  

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• “Two civilians killed in Donbas, another 10 wounded in October, – UN” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 15 times” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “15 attacks against JFO positions yesterday: two Ukrainian soldiers wounded” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire twice over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Two Ukrainian soldiers injured in Donbas on Nov 12” (UKR media)
• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission in Donbas observed 260 explosions in the combat area on Monday, November 11 – OSCE reports 260 explosions in Donbas over November 11” (UKR media)
• “Militants violate ceasefire regime four times, no casualties reported” (UKR media)
• “Donbas conflict: Militants violate ceasefire nine times over day” (UKR Media)
  

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• “Spot Report by OSCE SMM: Receipt of notifications on completion of withdrawal of forces and hardware in Petrivske disengagement area” (OSCE)
• “OSCE Chair Lajčák welcomes renewal of disengagement from Petrivske” (OSCE)
• “OSCE mission in Ukraine confirms completion of disengagement in Petrovskoye” (RUS state media)
• “Kiev forces start mine clearance effort in Petrovskoye” (RUS state media)
• “OSCE SMM again records fire shots at disengagement site near Petrivske in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Demining operation in Petrovskoye to last until November 19 – Yakubov” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “DPR begins demining of Petrovskoye-Bogdanovka DMZ zrea” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Sajdik calls on parties to conflict in Donbas to continue fulfilling obligations under TCG’s decision on disengagement of forces, hardware” (UKR media)
  

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• “Controversial trial on defective armored vests with General Marchenko as alleged offender” (UKR media)
• “70% of bulletproof vests for Ukrainian army were defective, – State Investigation Bureau head” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine unveils warhead of Crimean Bridge ‘destroyer’ missile” (UKR media)
• “Ruling party in Ukraine explains idea of lifting military  draft” (UKR media)
  

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• “Zelensky to construct wall in Donbas if peace issue is not solved in a year, – Holos faction head” (UKR media)
• “Implementation of Minsk agreements will bury Ukrainian economy, – Head of Holos party” (UKR media)
  

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• “General Staff Gives State Bureau of Investigation Access to Army Strategic Plan” (UKR media)
  

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• “Kyiv: War with Russia will end after reparation has been paid and Crimea returned” (UKR media)
  

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• “Pravyi Sector members injure Ukrainian brigade commander who is in critical condition” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Ukrainian radicals on alert following conflict with armed forces” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Mazur case: Why Ukrainian far-right was detained in Poland and what to expect next?” (UKR media)
  

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• “LPR sentences foreign spy to 12 years in prison” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “(RUS) EMERCOM’s aid convoy expected in Donetsk on November 14” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Over 300 thousand LPR residents obtain (RUS) Republican passports” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Eight obstacles to Ukraine achieving peace with Russia” (Atlantic Council)
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “U.S. Hopes to Resume F-35 Arms Sales to Turkey”
• “American F-35 fighter jets turned out to be ‘invisible’ for Russian S-400 missile systems”
• “Russia’s S-500 to enter service ‘soon’ to combat US F-35”
• “Krasnoselskaya Brigade” (Russian Defense Policy blog)
• “Moscow Places Growing Priority on UAV Strike Groups”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “US warship sails through Taiwan Strait in ‘routine’ operation”
• “A joint counter-terrorism exercise with 10 ASEAN members and eight dialogue partners including China, US, Russia, and India kicked off Wednesday in Guilin, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region …” (CHN mil media)
• “Students Evacuated After Violent Police Raids, Resistance on Hong Kong Campuses”
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Esper: U.S. Could Alter Military Drills to Boost N.Korea Talks”
  

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• Way Up North
• “Russia’s Northern Fleet Bolsters Its Forces With Siberian Huskies”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Sky’s the limit for former paratrooper leading the charge on drone technology”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Doğu Akdeniz Naval Exercise 2019 … The biannual exercise is organized by the Turkish Navy will be held between 9 and 20 November 2019. This year 16 nations are taking part in this exercise by various means. Some are sending observers (Azerbaijan, Brazil, Georgia, Italy, Qatar, Kuwait, Lebanon, Mexico) some are sending ships, airplanes, and units (Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Canada, Pakistan, Romania, Jordan, USA and Greece) …” (turkishnavy.net)
• “Exercise Dugong 2019 Commences in Australia — Mine countermeasure and explosive ordnance disposal professionals from five countries met at an opening ceremony for the 19th iteration of Exercise Dugong, Nov 11. Dugong 2019 brings mine warfare and dive teams from United States of America, Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand together for two weeks to practice contemporary mine warfare and dive salvage techniques and procedures in the vicinity of Garden Island …”
• “436 Transport Squadron welcomes new honorary colonel” (RCAF info-machine)
• “Canadian Armed Forces updated policy is good for business, says B.C. tattoo artist”
• “The Infamous Ross Rifle: This Might Just Be the Worst Gun Of All Time”

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