- Internal Security
- “B.C., federal ministers call for meeting with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs at ‘earliest opportunity’ “
- Carolyn Bennett on Twitter: “Today I sat down with Min @ScottfraserNDP to talk about finding a peaceful resolution to the blockades across the country and other issues arising from the concerns of Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs. See our statement below. https://t.co/AT2R7SVbsE” / Twitter
- “lndigenous relations ministers request meeting with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs to end rail blockades”
- “Trudeau tightlipped on plan to end protests ‘quickly and peacefully’ “
- “Fin du blocage d’une gare de triage du CN près de Toronto”
- “Protest that blocked Canada-U.S. bridge ends”
- “Anti-pipeline protesters shut down eastern Ontario border”
- “Protesters march on Queen’s Park in support of Wet’suwet’en”
- “Anti-pipeline protesters march to Queen’s Park in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs”
- “Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs’ supporters hold highway protest at Blind River (Ontario)”
- “How ongoing, year-old talks between Wet’suwet’en and B.C. government could help solve pipeline impasse”
- “The difference between Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and band councils”
- “Opinion: The rule of law cuts both ways. Some Coastal GasLink protesters are ignoring that”
- “Canada: Native protests continue to cripple rail network” (World Socialist Web Site)
- “Canadian Opposition, Business Concerned by Economic Impact of Indigenous Protests” (RUS state media)
- “Canadian military works to define ‘hateful conduct’ to help it detect and discipline extremists”
- “What former skinheads say about why they joined hate groups and why they left”
- #CHN/Pacific Rim
- “China appreciates NATO’s remarks of not seeing China as an adversary: spokesperson” (CHN state media)
- “US defines friends, enemies by support for Huawei 5G” (CHN state media)
- “US considers blocking Huawei’s access to domestic chip technology”
- “US mulls cutting China’s Huawei off from global chip suppliers like Taiwan’s TSMC”
- “US Envoy to Germany Warns of Threats to Sharing Intel ‘at Highest Level’ as Huawei Row Flares Up”
- “US Ambassador to Germany starts making intel sharing threats”
- Way Up North
- “Russian Embassy denies accusations of influence operations in Norway”
- “Norway’s intelligence chief fears more accidents with Russia’s reactor-powered weapons systems”
- “New radars to protect (RUS) Northern Fleet against supersonic attack”
- “Murmansk Commandos Conduct Anti-Terrorism Drills Onboard Nuclear Icebreakers”
- “Arctic ‘security vacuum’ increases risk of regional conflict, EU ambassador warns”
- “China’s ambassador brushes off allegations his country is threat in Arctic”
- “China’s ambassador to Norway brushes off allegations his country is a threat in Arctic”
- “Trouble for world’s most powerful icebreaker: the «Arktika» could face more delays”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “US, UK, Canadian Representatives To Inspect Belarus Military Unit – (BLR) Defense Ministry”
- “USA, Estonia and Lithuania to Perform Open Skies Observation Flight Over Belarus and Russia”
- “Russia Should Drop ‘Terrorist’ Soviet Legacy, Constitutional Court Judge Says”
- “Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Prystaiko says there’s threat of war between Belarus and Russia”
- “Belarusian, Russian paratroopers in army exercise near Pskov” (BLR state media)
- “Russia, Belarus begin joint military exercise” (RUS state media)
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 39/2020 issued on 17 February 2020”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (17 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
- JFO: МAP – 17.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (16 Feb 2020)” (UKR MoD)
- “Weekly update of the situation in the operation area of the Joint Forces from 10 to 16 February 2020” (UKR MoD)
- Essence of Time summary, 13-16 Feb 2020 (pro-RUS site, in Russian, with maps)
- “Ukrainian forces expend 12 ammo boxes over week to shell DPR territory – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Day in Donbas: militants 7 times fired at positions of Ukrainian military” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces shell DPR six times over 24 hours, damage house in western Donetsk – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Russia’s MFA Lavrov: NATO “has nothing to do with Ukraine,” shouldn’t interfere in Donbas talks” (UKR media)
- “Donbass sees Zelensky’s border patrol scheme as ploy to bog down Minsk Agreements” (RUS state media)
- “Zelensky’s proposal for “joint patrols” aims to drag the Minsk process into the swamp, instead Ukraine should stop dodging and begin to implement step by step all points of the Package of measures, said Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, today …” (pro-RUS rebel leader info-machine, in Russian)
- “Russia informs on condition for next Normandy Four meeting” (UKR media)
- “Normandy Format meeting to take place after fulfillment of decisions made earlier – Russian Foreign Minister announces condition for new Normandy Format meeting — Russia sees no progress in the fulfillment of the decisions of the Normandy Summit in Paris …” (UKR media)
- “New Normandy-format summit can be held only if Paris summit decisions implemented – Lavrov” (UKR media)
- “The decision to hold a new summit in the Normandy format will be made based on progress in implementing the existing arrangements, says Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation, Alexander Grushko …” (UKR media)
- “Zelensky hides lack of political will behind attempts to amend Minsk accords – opinion” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “DPR Head reminds Zelensky about priority of Minsk accords’ political package” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Rotation of Ukrainian investigators on MH17 case is planned, won’t affect upcoming trial – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
- “MH17 case: Four Ukrainian prosecutors join investigation team” (UKR media)
- “Foreign minister Prystaiko: Rotation of Ukrainian prosecutors not to affect MH17 probe” (UKR media)
- “Netherlands Public Prosecutor’s Office not concerned over dismissal of Ukrainian prosecutors” (UKR media)
- “LPR State Security Ministry officers detain Ukrainian “Right Sector” spy” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “LPR looking for 60 detainees in Ukraine – Kobtseva” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Zelensky’s prisoner exchange list not true to fact – Kobtseva” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “New prisoners’ exchange might happen before Normandy format meeting, – Ukraine’s MFA” (UKR media)
- “Scandalous plan of ending war in Ukraine again appears on Munich Conference website” (UKR media)
- “Only Russia’s responsibility for consequences of aggression can secure peace – Ukrainian experts answer “12 steps” ” (Euromaidan Press)
- “Zelensky, Putin held a telephone conversation – Zelensky, Putin talked on the phone. Press services showed different outcome of this conversation” (UKR media)
- “The threat to civilian life five years after Minsk II” (@AtlanticCouncil’s Digital Forensic Research Lab)
- #PS752
- “Ukrainian security chief in Iran to discuss January 8 crash probe” (RUS state media)
- “Ukraine has all technical capabilities to decrypt ‘black boxes’ of UIA plane shot down by Iran – Danilov” (UKR media)
- “Prystaiko says terms of Iran’s steps for progress in inquiry of UIA plane crash expire” (UKR media)
- “Kyiv Airport Monument Unveiled In Memory Of Iran Plane Crash Victims” (USA govt funded media)
- #coronavirus
- “Canada sends flight to Japan to evacuate citizens from cruise ship” (Reuters via The Jerusalem post)
- “Possible Coronavirus patients to be quarantined at Nav Centre”
- “First quarantined Canadians expected to leave Trenton on Friday” (Durham Radio News)
- “Canadian cruise ship evacuees frustrated with additional quarantine period” (CTV News)
- “The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will review its protocols for health-care workers after nurses’ unions denounced the national guidelines set out for dealing with the novel coronavirus earlier this month The agency says feedback from the nurses’ unions and other associations will be considered by a national advisory committee on infection prevention and control as it looks to update the guidance …” (The Canadian Press via mountainviewtoday.ca)
- “Coronavirus death toll in China rises to 1,868 as epicentre reports 93 new fatalities” (South China Morning Post)
- “Death toll from COVID-19 rises to 1,868, according to latest figures from China” (Associated Press via Globalnews.ca)
- “China Reports Fewer New Cases of Coronavirus” (Voice of America)
- “300+ Americans, 14 with coronavirus, flown to US military bases” (Task & Purpose)
- “Coronavirus: American cruise passengers quarantined at US bases” (Al Jazeera)
- “U.S. quarantining repatriated passengers of coronavirus-hit cruise ship” (Associated Press via CBC News)
- “At least 140 travelers denied entry to US over coronavirus and thousands more screened” (CNN via NBC2 News)
- “Chinese Air Force’s strategic projection capability proven in epidemic” (CHN state media)
- “Annual ‘two sessions’ may be delayed due to epidemic” (CHN military media)
- “China Proposes Postponement of Its ‘Two Sessions’ in March” (Voice of America)
- “Coronavirus is significant uncertainty factor for oil prices in 2020 — Bank of Russia” (RUS state media)
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Works Starts on New Rolls-Royce Peterborough (Ontario) Facility to Support Canadian Surface Combatant Program”
- Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
- “CAF-DND Sexual misconduct class action lawsuit settlement approved by Federal Court” (DND info-machine)
- Other Military News
- “Special forces troops from Petawawa taking part in African training exercise”
- “Despite suggestion, shorter skirts not the way the military is trying to recruit more women”
- “Final Drive: A test of endurance on the Army Operations Course” (Canadian Army Today)
- “Canadian Rangers train Australian counterparts” (DND info-machine)
- “Sajjan à Munich: l’accent sur le maintien d’un ordre international fondé sur des règles”
- “Canada’s Justice Dept. Declines to Comment on Russian Request Regarding Ex-Nazi Probe”
- “Nazi criminals should be prosecuted regardless of circumstances including those who have found safe haven in Canada, a Russian Embassy spokesman said. On Friday, Russia’s Investigative Committee sent a request to Canadian authorities to provide legal materials related to Helmut Oberlander, a translator in a Nazi Einsatzgruppen death squad that Russia accuses of organizing a massacre of orphans in the Russian city of Yeysk during World War II …” (RUS state media)
MILNEWS.ca Highlights (including #coronavirus, #PS752, #UKR) – February 17, 2020
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