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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – April 10, 2019
- Way Up North
- “A House of Commons committee is urging the government to work with NATO to determine Russia’s military intentions in the North and get help to protect the country’s Arctic sovereignty …”
- “NATION-BUILDING AT HOME, VIGILANCE BEYOND: PREPARING FOR THE COMING DECADES IN THE ARCTIC” (Report of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development)
- “Engage with China about Arctic intentions, House foreign affairs committee advises”
- “Canadian Rangers and Inuit depend on each other for knowledge: PhD thesis” (CAN Army info-machine)
- “Putin unveils ambitious Arctic plan”
- “Missing in Action: Washington’s Arctic Security Plan”
- “The Race to the Arctic: Who will control the poles?”
- “Russian Arctic developers present a new dazzling target for Northern Sea Route”
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- #UKR – Op UNIFIER
- “JFO: МAP – 10.04.2019” (UKR NSDC)
- “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 9 April 2019”
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire nine times in 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Two Ukrainian troops wounded in Donbas April 10” (UKR media)
- “Kiev forces violate ceasefire 11 times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Volunteer shares footage of Ukrainian army’s hit on enemy observation post in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “JCCC: Kiev forces violate ceasefire 12 times, fire 105 shells” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Maryinka checkpoint in Donbas resumes work” (UKR media)
- “Donbas warzone update: Ukraine reports 13 enemy attacks in past day” (UKR media)
- “Invaders use Russia’s newest Krasnopol artillery systems in Donbas” (UKR media)
- “Day in Donbas: Occupant shells Ukrainian positions, two soldiers wounded” (UKR media)
- “13 attacks against JFO positions yesterday: no loses among Ukrainian soldiers, one terrorist destroyed ” (UKR media)
- “President: At a meeting in the Normandy format Ukraine will raise the issue of the release of Ukrainian hostages and the implementation of the Minsk agreements” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “DPR disappointed about OSCE’s coordinators inaction over Minsk talks impediment by Kiev” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Kiev reps at humanitarian group fail to arrive in Minsk” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
- “Press Statement of Special Representative of OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sajdik after Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 10 April 2019” (OSCE)
- “Russia thwarts meeting of humanitarian, economic subgroups of TCG, refuses to work in trilateral format” (UKR media)
- “Contact group on Ukraine in Minsk in agreement on Easter truce” (BLR state media)
- “Russia: Ukraine’s violations when crossing Kerch Strait might lead to conflict” (UKR media)
- “Russia guilty of ‘international armed conflict’ in Azov Sea & 24 Ukrainian POWs recognized as political prisoners” (Human Rights in Ukraine NGO)
- “Lithuanian, Estonian arms control inspectors visiting Ukraine” (The Baltic Times)
- “Our army and defense sector will meet the NATO standards – President approved the Annual National Program under the auspices of the Ukraine-NATO Commission for 2019” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Ukraine receives more HMMWVs from the US”
- “Are NATO States Sending Ukraine’s Navy ‘Junk’ Vessels?” (polygraph.info, fact-checking site)
- “Mariupol: An On-Site Report” (Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies)
- “Poroshenko assures he is not involved in corruption schemes in Ukroboronprom” (UKR media)
- “As Runoff Race Intensifies, Contrasting Ukrainian Campaigns Highlight Division And Unity” (USA govt funded media)
- “Rival Supporters Clash Ahead Of Ukraine’s Election” (USA govt funded media)
- “Medvedchuk claims DPR and LPR agree with his plan for ‘autonomous Donbas’ ” (UKR media)
- “Better late than never: Poroshenko tells SBU to report on Medvedchuk’s effectiveness in Minsk talks” (UKR media)
- “Ukrainian frontrunner Zelensky calls for choosing between the past and the future” (RUS state media)
- “Zelensky’s first steps as president in case he wins election runoff – media” (UKR media)
- “Poroshenko comments on Zelensky’s plan on ending Donbas war” (UKR media)
- “President on Zelensky’s statement about “stop shooting” in Donbas to stop the war: incompetent, unprofessional and irresponsible” (UKR Pres info-machine)
- “Ukraine’s warmongers face defeat in first round of presidential election — Russian envoy” (RUS state media)
- “Five Years into the Conflict: Displaced People in Ukraine Need Long-Term Solutions to Housing and Employment Challenges” ( UN Country Team in Ukraine)
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#MLI – Op PRESENCE/Africa
- “Canadian peacekeepers haven’t faced any attacks in Mali, commanders say ‘we present a pretty credible deterrent’ “
- “Romania’s top diplomat in Ottawa says his country is moving as fast as it can to minimize a gap in the provision of lifesaving medical evacuations for injured UN peacekeepers after Canada ends its mission in Mali. The problem, says Bogdan Manoiu, is the helicopters the Romanian government plans to send are undergoing significant upgrades and the aircrews who will fly them need to be trained – neither of which can be rushed …”
- “30 jihadists ‘killed or captured’ in French-Malian raids near Burkina: French military”
- “Mali religious leaders criticize president after militants massacre 160 … “My Fulani brothers, vengeance is not the solution. My Dogon brothers, lay down your arms,” said Imam Mahmoud Dicko, the president of the Islamic High Council of Mali (HCIM) …”
- “Rwanda : la triste mission qui a permis de changer la façon d’aborder la santé mentale”
- “A new French military base is under construction in east-central Mali. “These border areas are obviously the places most sought after by terrorists to carry out their actions,” said General Frederic Blachon, commander of Operation Barkhane, France’s 4,500-strong anti-jihadist force which is headquartered in Chad but operates across the Sahel region …” (video report)
- “Global Affairs confirms two Canadians have been detained in Somalia”
- “Two Canadians detained in Somalia, Global Affairs says” (Independent SOM media)
- “Boko Haram Targets Civilians in Deadly Attacks in South-East Niger”
- “Boko Haram renews attacks on civilians in Niger: ‘We can’t count on security forces to protect us’ “
- #LVA/Europe – Op REASSURANCE/Cold War 2.0
- “U.S. Aid Agency Plans ‘Framework’ to Counteract Russia Influence Globally”
- “Vega Strategic Services: Russian PMCs as Part of Information Warfare?” (Jamestown FOundation)
- “U.S. Warns Its Citizens of Kidnapping Risks in Russia”
- “Russian authorities have lashed out at Lithuania, announcing a criminal investigation into judges at a Vilnius court that convicted dozens of former Soviet army personnel, mostly in absentia, of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity during Moscow’s deadly 1991 crackdown on the Baltic nation’s independence movement …”
- “Russian authorities have blacklisted an anti-fascist activist group whose members are on trial on charges of plotting to overthrow the government as a terrorist organization. Federal agents opened a criminal case against Set — Russian for “Network” — in the fall of 2017, leading to the arrests of 11 people in St. Petersburg and Penza on terrorism charges …”
- “With its track record, NATO’s 70th anniversary should be a muted celebration”
- “Where should 70-year-old NATO go in future?” (CHN mil media)
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#CHN/Pacific Rim
- “Glavin: Finally, parliamentarians admit Canada has a China problem”
- “Plane wreckage found but Japanese pilot missing in rare F-35 crash”
- “The Race to Find Japan’s Missing F-35 before Russia and China”
- Internal Security
- “CSIS dealing with right-wing extremism ‘more and more,’ says spy chief”
- “When “Conservatives” Give Cover to White Nationalists, Canadian edition” (Saideman’s Semi-Spew blog)
- “Liberals move to stem surge in asylum seekers — but new measure will stop just fraction of claimants”
- Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
- “La majorité des dossiers d’agression sexuelles correctement traités, selon une enquête externe”
- “Canadian Forces Military Police report initial results from the Sexual Assault Review Program (SARP)” (DND info-machine)
- Other Military News
- ” ‘Hunger Games of parking’: Thousands of civil servants jockey for spots as crunch hits new DND headquarters”
- “Bare legs, ponytails and flats now allowed for women as Canadian Forces update dress regulations”
- “Military cooperation concerning the space domain vital to nations’ interests” (RCAF info-machine)
- Lux Ex Umbra on the redacted military intelligence review report: “Psst. It’s the Russians!”
- “Manitoba couple says they refuse to pay for war, withhold portion of taxes”
