MILNEWS.ca #UKR Update as of 181600UTC Jan 2022

Just sharing some highlights for now – let me know in the comments how much appetite you have for this sort of content right now.

Usual caveats: All open-source info, so only as good as the source – inclusion here =/= confirmation of content. Some more cynical than I suggest caution linking to Russian servers – I leave the judgment call to you now that you’ve been warned.

• “Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine amid rising tensions with Russia” (Globalnews.ca)
• “Canada deploys special forces to Ukraine – Canadian TV channel” (UKR media)
• “Canada sends Special Forces unit to Ukraine – media” (UKR media)
• “UK gives Ukraine anti-tank weapons as Canada sends special forces” (Al Jazeera)
• “Ukraine Receives Defensive Military Aid from U.K.” (RUS independent media)
• “UK to provide Ukraine with anti-tank weapons systems – defense minister” (UKR media)
• “Russia-Ukraine crisis: UK sending weapons to defend Ukraine, says defence secretary” (BBC News)
• “Diplomatic editor @MarkUrban01 reports that planes to Ukraine with British anti-tank missiles avoided German and Dutch airspace and there’s speculation the Germans oppose sending the supplies to Ukraine …” (BBC Newsnight on Twitter)
• “Almost 50 schools “mined” (bomb threats) in Kyiv, law enforcers check them” (UKR media)
• “New wave of mining in Kyiv: District Administrative Court, Court of Appeal being checked for explosives” (UKR media)
• “Russia Insists Embassy Staff Have Not Been Evacuated From Ukraine Amid Invasion Fears” (Newsweek)
• “Russian embassy in Kiev working as usual — foreign ministry” (RUS state media)
• “Ukrainian MFA receives no information from Russia on Russian diplomats’ evacuation from Ukraine – spokesperson” (UKR media)
• “Erdogan Warns Russia Against Invading Ukraine” (RUS independent media)
• “German FM Baerbock in Moscow to ease Ukraine tensions” (Deutsche Welle – YouTube)
• “German government is not going to send any weaponry to Ukraine amidst the complicated security situation – Germany not to supply arms to Ukraine, – Baerbock” (UKR media)
• “Germany′s Baerbock says Russia troop buildup ′hard not to take as a threat′ ” (Deutsche Welle)
• “Russia sending more troops to Belarus for joint military drills near Ukraine border” (defence-blog.com)
• “Russian Military Starts Belarus Drills as Ukraine Talks Stall” (Agence-France Presse via RUS independent media)
• “Russia may pass ammonia leak in Horlivka as “chemical attack” and use it as pretext for invasion” (pro-RUS OSINT organization)
• “DPR leader says republic ready for any move by Kiev, even chemical attack” (RUS state media)
• “NATO aims to occupy Ukraine, says Russian senior lawmaker” (RUS state media)
• “Threat Of Russian Military Invasion Of Ukraine Remains High” (Warsaw Institute)
• “Analysis: Best supporting actor? NATO in secondary role if Russia invades Ukraine” (Reuters)

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