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- Internal Security
- “VIA Rail Trains Between Montreal And Toronto Should Resume This Week”
- “Rail service in Montreal disrupted briefly by protest in support of Wet’suwet’en chiefs”
- “Montreal protesters set up new blockade in support of Wet’suwet’en despite proposed agreement”
- “Kahnawake rail blockade remains in place after draft agreement reached”
- “Wet’suwet’en chief says he’ll withdraw support for pipeline if his people turn against it”
- “Why the Wet’suwet’en are protesting”
- “The shifting lens through which Canadians see the Wet’suwet’en crisis”
- “Conrad Black: Canadians will tire of disruptions, and Indigenous people will suffer”
- “Can Native Women of the Wet’suwet’en Succeed Where Standing Rock Failed?”
- “U.S. neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen targeted Canadian police forces for ‘swatting’ hoaxes, FBI says”
- What’s Canada Buying?
- “Saab announces Canadian firms on Gripen fighter jet team”
- “Saab Forms Industry Team For Canada Fighter Bid”
- “Saab bids for Canada’s Future Fighter Capability Project”
- “Saab announces Canadian firms on Gripen fighter jet team”
- “Saab partners for Canada’s FFCP bid”
- Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
- “Collateral damage: Families of soldiers with PTSD struggle after Veterans Affairs counselling cut”
- “Veterans Affairs Canada launches consultation to improve outreach to Veterans and families …” (VAC info-machine)
- Africa
- “Op CROCODILE: les Casques bleus canadiens de la MONUSCO assistent les orphelins de guerre” – Op CROCODILE page (DND)
- The Koreas/#OpNEON
- “North Korea fires two unidentified projectiles after months: South Korea military”
- “North Korea fires presumed short-range missiles into the sea”
- “DPRK fires 2 unidentified projectiles into eastern waters: S.Korean military” (CHN state media)
- “North Korea fires two short-range missiles into Sea of Japan”
- “North Korea Marks Year of Failed Trump Talks With Missiles”
- #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
- “Iraq must ‘lead its own recovery’ from ISIS war: Canadian ambassador” (Rudaw.net, IRQ Kurdish media)
- “Iraq’s Allawi Fails to Form Government, Quits Nomination”
- “Opposition Insurgents Begin Seizing Terrain in Southern Syria” (ISW Blog)
- “(TUR) Defense Minister: 2,557 Syrian regime elements neutralized in Operation Peace Shield” (TUR media)
- “Turkey is crushing Syria’s army after wiping out its heavy armor with superior tech” (Task & Purpose blog)
- “Turkey Destroys Scores of Syrian Army Targets, Says Turkeys Defense Minister”
- “US officials in Turkey to discuss escalation in Syria” (TUR media)
- “US defense chief says discussed Syria with NATO head” (TUR media)
- “Russian Defense Ministry: Safety of Turkish planes can’t be guaranteed over Syria” (SYR state media)
- “Kremlin: Russia will continue to support Syria in its war against terrorism” (SYR state media)
- “‘We don’t plan to go to war with anyone,’ Putin says, amid Syria-Turkey tensions”
- “Germany calls for ‘protected zone’ in NW Syria” (TUR media)
- “Russia and Turkey may have committed war crimes in Syria, UN says”
- “Security Council Briefing on the situation in Syria, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo” (UN info-machine)
- “Russia May Have Committed War Crimes in Syria – U.N.”
- “UN: Syrian regime committed war crimes”
- “Russia transports massive amount of equipment to Syria after Turkish attack: photos”
- “U.N. Panel Says Russia Bombed Syrian Civilian Targets, a War Crime”
- “Russia, Turkey may have committed war crimes in Syria, U.N. says”
- “U.N. report: Russia, Turkey have committed war crimes in Syria”
- Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
- “The Navy is practicing escorting convoys across the Atlantic for the first time since the Cold War”
- “Russian anti-sub aircraft on combat training further south in the GIUK gap than normal”
- “U.S. Permanent Military Base in Poland: Favorable Solution For the NATO Alliance” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Russia to Conduct Open Skies Observation Fhttps://defpost.com/russia-to-conduct-open-skies-observation-flights-over-germany/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Defpost+%28DefPost%29lights Over Germany”
- “Belarus holds joint military drills with NATO to tease Russia” (Pravda)
- “Latvia Arrests Spy Working for Russia”
- #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
- “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 51/2020 issued on 2 March 2020”
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (2 Mar)” (UKR MoD)
- JFO: МAP – 02.03.2020 (UKR NSDC)
- “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (1 Mar)” (UKR MoD)
- “Weekly update of the situation in the operation area of the Joint Forces from 24 February to 01 March 2020” (UKR MoD)
- Essence of Time summary, 27 Feb-1 Mar 2020 (pro-RUS site, in Russian, with maps)
- “Day in the Donbas: Militants nine times violated the ‘silence regime’” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces fire 16 mortar rounds at Donetsk in one hour” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Russian occupation troops have deliberately shelled peaceful settlement” (UKR MoD)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 90 times in a week, fire 11 ammo boxes” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Ukrainian troops come under mortar fire near Orikhove and Krasnohorivka” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian army violates ceasefire 15 times in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “OSCE records about 50 weapons outside storage sites in occupied Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “One KIA, seven WIA amid 12 enemy attacks in Donbas in past 24 hours – JFO HQ” (UKR media)
- “Developments in “DNR” and “LNR”: 15 February – 1 March 2020 (Newsletter 71)” (Civicmonitoring.org, NGO)
- “TV channel for Ukraine’s occupied territories to cooperate with four media groups” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine launches TV channel for Russia-occupied areas” (UKR media)
- “Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine met with the Director of the European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats” (UKR MoD)
- “Ukrainian Defense Ministry to cooperate with Hybrid CoE” (UKR MoD)
- “US Department of Defense orders next batch of Javelin weapon systems for Ukraine, partner countries” (UKR media)
- “Ukroboronprom CEO: State defense order to hit record high in 2021” (UKR media)
- “Ukraine’s state defense order to reach UAH 30 bln in 2020 – Abromavicius” (UKR media)
- “Russia’s Strategic Considerations on the Sea of Azov” (Warsaw Institute)
- “Russia, Ukraine May Swap Prisoners For Third Time In March” (USA govt funded media)
- “Kiev is not ready for a new POW exchange – Morozova” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Kiev Says Russia and Ukraine in Talks for Next Prisoner Swap in March” (RUS independent media)
- “Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak discussed a prisoner swap with Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Russia Dmitry Kozak at a meeting in Minsk …” (UKR media)
- “Andriy Yermak had a meeting with Dmitry Kozak in Minsk — Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak had a meeting with Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak …” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Ukraine doesn’t want to delay next Normandy-format meeting” (UKR media)
- “U.S. Calls On Russia To Hand Over MH17 Evidence, Let Whelan Go” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukrainian Who Led Volunteer Battalion Detained At Greek Border” (USA govt funded media)
- “Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirms detention of ex-volunteer battalion commander in Greece” (UKR media)
- “Interpol to review Russia’s request to put on wanted list, arrest Aidar battalion first commander Melnychuk in Greece” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian Foreign Ministry confirms detention of ex-commander of Aidar Battalion in Greece” (RUS state media)
- “Ukrainian President Calls Extraordinary Parliamentary Session To Discuss Corruption” (USA govt funded media)
- #PS752
- “UIA plane crash: Prystaiko announces visit of Iranian delegation to Kyiv” (UKR media)
- “The downing of Flight PS752: Iran may have kept airspace open due to lucrative overflight fees” (CBC News)
- ” ‘I’m not a terrorist’: Iranian Canadian who lost wife in Iran plane crash denied entry to U.S.”
- Way Up North
- “New Canadian Rangers Play Key Role in Exercise Norex20 with Canadian Army” (DND info-machine)
- “Freezing cold as 16,000 NATO soldiers kickstart Arctic war game”
- “The Northern Fleet’s separate motorized rifle brigade in the Pechenga valley near Russia’s border to Norway has started to use UAVs to position targets during live-firing drills …”
- Afghanistan
- “US Starts Afghan Withdraw Amid Mixed Messages”
- “Will US-Taliban peace deal bring lasting peace to Afghanistan?” (CHN state media)
- “Ukraine to keep participating in NATO Operation Resolute Support in Afghanistan – (UKR ForMin) Prystaiko”
- “Prystaiko says Ukraine continues to take part in NATO mission in Afghanistan”
- Other Military News
- “Explosive mortar round found outside Lethbridge supervised consumption site”
MILNEWS.ca Highlights – March 2, 2020
