MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR + #PS752 – February 6, 2020

• Way Up North
• “Circumpolar partnerships will be increasingly important for Canada’s North, Ottawa Arctic conference hears”
• “Canada at “pivotal” moment when it comes to Arctic, says minister of Northern Affairs”
• “Nordic, Baltic chiefs of defense to discuss security, cooperation”
• “Norway Takes Command of Standing NATO Mine Countermeasures Group One”
• “Russian submarines to get unguided shells to break ice”
• “Russia Sees UKs Sub-Hunters As Threat To Arctic Stability – (RUS) Envoy”
• “Russian warships fire cruise missiles during exercises in Norwegian Sea”
• “These two warships are now on their way for missile drill near Norway’s northernmost gas-pipeline to Europe”
• “China and Russia taking advantage of global warming to elbow US aside in the Arctic”
• “Improvements Coming to Alaska Army Base as Troops Face Morale Challenges”
• “Russia complains of Norwegian restrictions on its activities on Svalbard”
  

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• #coronavirus
• Operation GLOBE (DND info-machine fact sheet)
• MILNEWS.ca Coronavirus News/Information page
  

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• “First government flight out of Wuhan leaves for Canada with 176 people on board” (The Canadian Press via AirdrieToday.com)
• “Airlift departs Wuhan to repatriate Canadians from China’s coronavirus outbreak zone” (CBC News)
• “Coronavirus: les Canadiens rapatriés de Chine devraient arriver à la BFC Trenton vendredi matin” (45eNord.ca)
• “Coronavirus : l’avion qui rapatrie des Canadiens s’est envolé de Wuhan” (Radio-Canada.ca)
• “Why it’s taking so long to get Canadians out of Wuhan, and other coronavirus airlift questions” (CBC News)
• “Montrealers stranded in Wuhan will come home as a family” (CBC News)
  

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• “CFB Trenton prepares quarantine, treatment for Canada’s coronavirus evacuees” (Globalnews.ca)
• ” ‘This is not a zoo’: How CFB Trenton is getting ready to welcome the Canadians evacuated from China” (Toronto Star)
  

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• “Coronavirus : deux Canadiens infectés sur un bateau en quarantaine au Japon” (Radio-Canada.ca)
• ” ‘Floating prison’: Life on board coronavirus cruise ship” (france24.com)
  

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• “2 new presumptive cases of coronavirus found in B.C.” (CBC News)
  

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• “Monitoring for the novel coronavirus in Canada will now shift into a new phase, focusing on people returning from areas of China that haven’t been quarantined, top provincial and federal medical officials said Thursday …” (globalnews.ca)
  

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• “China Virus Death Toll Rises to 636” (KOR media)
• “China reports 3,143 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection, 73 new deaths” (CHN media)
• “China’s Hubei reports 2,447 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus infection” (CHN media)
• “Chinese hospitals discharge 1,540 recovered patients of coronavirus infection” (CHN media)
• “China Coronavirus Cases Double as Cases Spread in Crowded Markets” (Radio Free Asia)
  

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• “Slight fall in coronavirus infections ‘nothing to celebrate’, says UN health agency” (UN info-machine)
• “Coronavirus: World Health Organisation plays down significance of dip in daily infection rate” (South China Morning Post)
  

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• “Coronavirus: US announces 12th case; patient in Wisconsin had direct contact with infected Wuhan family members” (South China Morning Post)
• “Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper is expected to support a request from the Department of Health and Human Services which asked DOD to identify military installations near 11 major airports that could house additional passengers, should HHS facilities become filled. These are tertiary locations, and HHS already has primary and secondary locations identified that are not DOD facilities …” (USA DoD)
  

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• “WHO to convene global forum on coronavirus research on February 11-12” (RUS state media)
  

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• “One of first doctors to report coronavirus in China dies in Wuhan, reports say” (RUS state media)
• “Coronavirus: Li Wenliang, doctor who alerted authorities to the outbreak, dies of the disease” (South China Morning Post)
  

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• “Is the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak threatening Xi’s hold to power?” (Al Jazeera)
  

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• “Increased mask production, imports help ease supply shortage” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “Fighting coronavirus is a people’s war” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “China using AI to battle coronavirus” (CHN Communist Party media)
  

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• “China had to suspend its military recruitment program for this year due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, but the postponement will lead to no significant impact on the number or quality of the eventual recruits, an expert with the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) predicted on Thursday …” (CHN military media)
  

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• “Russian TV Runs Conspiracy Theory Blaming Trump for Coronavirus” (RUS independent media)
• “Is China Seeking Approval to Kill 20,000 Coronavirus Patients?” (Snopes)
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• ” ‘The Chill is Real,’ Canada’s Ambassador Says of China”
• “US Attorney General William Barr blasts ‘China’s playbook’ and Huawei’s dominance of 5G, suggests alliance with Nokia and Ericsson”
• “Why Canada, The U.S., And Western Allies Should Build A Freedom-Focused Competitor To China-Controlled Huawei” (Spencer Fernando blog)
• “China is biggest espionage threat US faces, says FBI chief” (The Independent)
• “Type 15 tank runs extreme challenge, shows high accuracy” (CHN media)
• “China’s Long March-5B carrier rocket arrives at launch site” (CHN mil media)
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Wonsan-Kalma Airfield Air Forces Flight Activity – The New Normal?” (38 North)
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “JFO Commander held a meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Canada to Ukraine” (UKR MoD)
  

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• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (6 Feb 2019)” (UKR MoD)
• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 30/2020 issued on 6 February 2020”
• Essence of Time summary, 3-5 Feb 2020 (pro-RUS site, with maps, in Russian)
• JFO: МAP – 06.02.2020 (UKR NSDC)
  

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• “13 attacks against JFO positions yesterday: Ukrainian soidier wounded” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian soldier wounded amid 13 enemy attacks on Feb 5” (UKR media)
• “OSCE spots militants’ underground dugout in Donbas region” (UKR media)
• “Militants shell Ukrainian positions from mortars near Orikhove” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian forces shell DPR ten times over 24 hours, cause damage – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Ukraine is willing to develop new forms of partnership with the US in the field of security – President” (UKR MoD)
• “The Trump administration is withholding approval of close to $30 million worth of arms and ammunition sales to Ukraine. After millions of dollars in down payments, Kyiv has requested the money back …” (Washington Examiner)
• “Defense minister: Ukraine’s military overhaul has an eye toward NATO” (UKR media)
  

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• “DNR militant suspected of violent treatment of civilians” (UKR media)
• “LPR Supreme Court sentences Lugansk resident to 12 years for high treason” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Russia’s unilateral Black Sea aggression elicits protests from Ukraine, Georgia” (UKR media)
  

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• “Ukraine-Russia Peace Pledge Followed By More Fighting, Deaths” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• “Belarus military officials say predicted war in Ukraine two years before it began” (UKR media)
  

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• “Kremlin Says It Has No Part In Russian Citizen Becoming ‘Prime Minister’ In Ukraine’s Separatist Region” (USA govt funded media)
• “Kremlin’s New Representative for Ukraine Policy Draws Conclusions From Past Failures” (Jamestown Foundation)
  

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• “Neo-Nazi Terror Group The Base Linked to the War in Ukraine” (VICE)
• “EU urges Ukraine to fight extremism” (UKR media)
  

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• #PS752
• “Unpaid bills, empty homes: Families of Iran crash victims put lives back together” (Reuters)
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “2nd Fleet, NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk Seek Further Integration of Allied Navies”
• “A US Base Will Be Built in Riga in Secret From the Parliament” (Stalker Zone, pro-RUS site)
• “Russia Says Alarmed by U.S. Deployment of Low-Yield Nuclear Missiles”
• “Russian General Staff chief, NATO commander in Europe discuss incidents prevention”
• “Russia Spotted 16 Foreign Spy Jets Close to National Airspace Over Past Week”
• “Effective deterrence and defence at the eastern NATO borders is our common commitment, Minister of National Defence R. Karoblis says” (LTU MoD)
• “Russian spies recruit tourists, undermine minorities in Lithuania – report”
• “Putin “Supreme Leader”? Slowdown in Russia’s Constitutional Overhaul”
  

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• “Lukashenka Complains About Halt On Russian Oil Supplies Ahead Of Putin Talks”
• “Belarus: Stalemate With Russia and Rapprochement With the West”
• “Moscow’s Rift With Minsk Reaches Critical Point”
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Iraq considers deepening military ties with Russia after U.S. killing of Soleimani”
• “Iraq War Has Cost Nearly $2 Trillion So Far: Analysis”
• “The Cost of Debt-financed War:Public Debt and Rising Interest for Post-9/11 War Spending” (PDF)
• “ISIS attacks village in Iraq’s disputed Khanaqin, kills 2 civilians”
  

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• ” United States Issues Warning to Russia Over Syria Policy”
• “U.S. Steps Up Warnings on Russia Over Syria’s Idlib, Military De-Confliction”
• “Russia’s Death Toll in Syria Rises After Four FSB Officers Were Killed”
• “Turkish army and mercenaries bombing Shera and Idlib”
• “Russian Defense Ministry Says Turkey Skipped Joint Patrol With Russian Forces in Syria”
• “Syrian Government Whittles Away at Turkish-supported Rebel Enclave of Idlib”
• “Turkey’s Claim of Killing 76 Syrian Troops Has Scant Evidence” (polygraph.info fact checking site)
• “Syria says it intercepted Israeli missiles targeting Damascus”
• “Plane with Russian children on board departs from Syria”
  

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• Internal Security
• “Possible guilty plea deferred for Kingston, Ont., teen terrorism suspect”
• “The Canadian Military Has A Nazi Problem That’s Putting Us In Danger”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Bluedrop Finalizes Contract to Develop V-22 Osprey Special Mission Aviator Ramp Trainer for Boeing … Bluedrop will develop the associated hardware and software from its recently opened Training and Simulation production center located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.”
• “Kongsberg Geospatial and MartinUAV Partner to Provide ISR Drone Solutions for Canadian Defence & Security Market”
• “Xtract Technologies Secures $975,000 DND Contract”
  

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• Omar Khadr, Continued …
• “Omar Khadr, who has served out his prison term, and is now a free man in Canada, has lost a pre-trial decision in an Ontario court about whether or not he has to answer questions pertaining to an attempt to collect damages awarded by a U.S. court. To be precise, an Ontario court has said Khadr must say which items on a 50-point statement of facts — which he signed in 2010 as part of a war crimes guilty plea before a discredited military commission — that he disagrees with …”
  

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• Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
• “External monitoring body would hold military accountable for sexual assaults” (Policy Options paper)
  

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• Other Military News
• “Vancouver to restore 7,800 graves at Canada’s largest military cemetery” – “Military graves in Vancouver cemetery slated for $2.7 million upgrade”
• “Canada Has Never Been A Peacekeeping Nation”
• “For the first time in more than 16 years, Nikki Grozelle feels like Ontario’s chief coroner is listening to her family’s concerns about the death of her brother. After a meeting with the Grozelle family and the head of Kingston’s police service on Wednesday, Dr. Dirk Huyer told CBC News that he received “very helpful information” in regards to the death of Joe Grozelle, a 21-year-old student of Kingston’s Royal Military College, in 2003. Huyer said he would spend the next few weeks going over that information and deciding whether or not to take additional investigation action …”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – December 29, 2019

• What’s Canada Buying?
• “RCAF accepts first new search-and-rescue plane despite issue with manuals”
• “Canada accepts new Search and Rescue aircraft”
• “L’ARC prend livraison de son premier avion de recherche et sauvetage à voilure fixe d’Airbus”
• “Canadians banned from work on portions of new spy planes by U.S. regulations” – “Canada To Get 3 Beechcraft King Air 350ER Planes”
• “Why we build warships” (Col. Ted)
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Montreal-area troops return home from Iraq for the holidays”
• “Iraq’s K1 Military Base Near Kirkuk Which Houses US Forces Hit By Rockets – Iraqi Military”
• “ISIS Militants In Iraq Are Like ‘Al-Qaeda On Steroids,’ Says Counter-Terrorism Official”
• “Iraq’s Chaldean Christians cancel public Christmas celebrations over respect for deaths in anti-government protests”
• “Russia sends warship equipped with Kalibr missiles to Syria”
• ” ‘They will simply kill you’: Syrian Kurds still fear wrath of Turkey-backed proxies”
• “Turkey, Russia Talk Syria as Thousands Flee Bombing”
• “Japan Sending Warship, Aircraft To Middle East”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “Her Excellency the Right Honourable Julie Payette, Governor General and Commander-in-Chief of Canada, visited with members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) deployed in Latvia and Romania as part of Operation REASSURANCE, from December 22 to 23, 2019 …” (GG info-machine)
• “U.S. Diplomat Repeats Call For Russia To Free Ex-Marine (w/CAN passport)”
• “Russian Court Extends Detention of Ex-U.S. Marine for 3 Months”
• “Russia Deploys First Hypersonic Avangard ICBM Missile”
• “What They Got, 2019” (Russian Defense Policy blog)
• “Russia deploys Avangard hypersonic missile system”
• “Russian Foreign MInister: Russia is willing to demonstrate Sarmat ballistic missile to US”
• “Sevmash floats out second Yasen-M class nuclear attack submarine”
• “US to allocate USD 175 million to Baltic states from defense budget” (LVA media)
• “Virtually entire Belarusian-Russian integration package reconciled” (BLR state media)
• “New Trump sanctions target Turkish economy and military”
• “Trump Admin Fights Bill Punishing Turkey for Its Russian Deal”
• “Trump administration against Turkey sanctions: report”
• ” ‘An effing moron’: Trump blasted for opposing bill to sanction Turkey for buying Russian weapons”
• “The Trump administration is fighting a congressional bid to impose new sanctions on Turkey, arguing that additional restrictive measures may grind to a halt bilateral arms trade and push the country closer to Russia to the detriment of NATO’s collective defense …”
• “Foreign Policy Experts Map Russia’s Plans for 2020”
• “Russia, China, Iran Start Joint Naval Drills in Indian Ocean”
• “The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation initiated by the Russian side, has thanked U.S. President Donald Trump “for information transmitted via the special services that helped prevent the commission of terrorist acts in Russia.” …”
• “Information from US helps detain two Russians plotting terror attacks in St. Petersburg”
• ” “Anti-Semitic swine”. Putin reminds Poland of its support for Third Reich” (pro-RUS site)
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “Moscow, Minsk to finalize integration package in 3 days — Belarusian deputy premier” (RUS state media)
• “Ukraine, Russia-Backed Separatists Hold Prisoner Swap” (USA govt funded media)
• “Prisoner swap in Donbass seen as step to implementation of Minsk accords, says (RUS) envoy” (RUS state media)
• “Pro-Russian Separatists and Ukraine Begin All-for-All Prisoner Swap” (RUS independent media)
• “Press Statement by Special Representative Sajdik following the exchange of detainees on 29 December 2019” (OSCE)
• “OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák welcomes exchange of detainees and expresses hope for more positive news in 2020” (OSCE)
• “Ukraine swaps 127 prisoners including defendants of Maidan massacre to 76 Ukrainians held in occupied Donbas” (Euromaidan Press)
• “POW swap finishes, sides exchange 76 for 124 people” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Prisoner swap: Ukraine hands over 127 people to Donbas militants – Ukraine’s official” (UKR media)
• “Donbas prisoner swap completed, 76 freed Ukrainians in Ukraine-controlled territory – Zelensky’s office” (UKR media)
• “Kiev hands over Brazil’s Lusvarghi and Russian volunteers” (pro_RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Prisoner swap: Full list of Ukrainians released from occupied Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Five ex-Berkut police officers charged with Maidan killings in 2014 waiting for prisoner swap at Mayorske checkpoint” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine’s SBU publishes lists with names of Ukrainians freed in Donbas prisoner swap” (UKR media)
• “Kiev, Donbass republics specify prisoner exchange formula” (RUS state media)
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Why Canada should not let Huawei into our 5G networks: Debunking five myths” (Macdonald-Laurier Institute)
• “Forming cliques to pressure China doomed to fail: FM to Canada” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “China, Russia, Iran to hold joint naval exercise” (CHN mil media)
• “Beijing slams US defense act targeting China” (CHN mil media)
• “China’s 10,000 ton-class destroyer equipped with long-range land-attack missiles” (CHN mil media)
• “Advanced supply ship conducts carrier group supplement mission” (CHN mil media)
• “China is reviewing a draft law that will see arms sale properly controlled, a measure that comes at a time when Beijing is beginning to master world-leading military technologies which should not fall into the wrong hands, experts said on Monday …” (CHN mil media)
  

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• #HongKong
• “Protesters rally near Hong Kong harbour, more demos planned over Christmas”
• “Have anti-government protests cooked Hong Kong’s financial goose?”
• “Hong Kong must not delay national security law, central government adviser says”
• “Video: Hong Kong police accidentally apprehend undercover officers during Boxing Day mall protest”
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “North Korean Missile Factory Increases Operations in Preparation for Major Test”
• “North Korean’s Kim Holds Military Meeting as Tension Rises Under Looming Deadline”
• “China presses for nuclear talks in last days till North Korea’s deadline for US”
• “John Bolton chides Trump over North Korea”
• “Russia’s Policy Toward North Korea: Following China’s Lead” (38 North)
  

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• #Afghanistan
• “Canada’s Afghan mission ended in 2014 — the war is now a distant memory for most Canadians”
• ” ‘It’s as fresh as yesterday’: Canadian survivors on trauma, healing 10 years after Afghan blast”
• ” ‘Looking back, I can say I tried’ Trauma and healing 10 years after Afghan blast”
  

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• Way Up North
• “An open letter to NORAD and USNORTHCOM – Let’s talk about Russian Navy operations” (Vessel of Interest blog)
• “Russian Northern Fleet’s commander points to increased NATO activities in Arctic”
• “Soviet mini-sub discovered in Jarfjord by Norwegian special forces in 1990”
• “Norway suspects Russian military of creating radio interference in its northern regions”
• “Russians will need approval of Finnish Defense Ministry to buy property in Finland”
• “Zvezda Shipyard starts steel cutting for first Arctic shuttle tanker of ARC6 class”
• “Sweden, Baltic countries may get multi-billion compensation for Russian nuclear waste burial in Baltic Sea – medi”
• “Sweden and the Baltic countries may receive multi-billion compensation for Russian nuclear waste burial in the Baltic Sea”
• “Despite the Christmas spirit, the north magnetic pole wants to divorce Canada”
• “Magnetic North to Continue March Toward Russia, ‘Point East of True North by 2040’ “
  

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• Internal Security
• “Cyber threats top of mind for defence minister heading into 2020”
• “Only 1 Person Has Solved A Canadian Spy Agency’s Escape Room”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Governor General pays tribute to Canadian veterans in New Year’s message”
• “There are seven Canadian security assistance missions abroad. But does military training work? A recent Montreal workshop asked these questions …” (Policy Options paper)
• “Future soldier technologies: Cognitive-load assessment” (DND info-machine)
• ” ‘I think we’re largely forgotten’: Nearly 80 years ago, Canadians fought the Battle of Hong Kong”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 19, 2019

• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Quebec’s Chantier Davie only shipyard to qualify for icebreaker work: Feds”
• “Quebec shipyard selected to be new partner under shipbuilding program – will construct six icebreakers”
• “Chantier Davie préqualifié pour la Stratégie nationale de construction navale”
• “Chantier Davie finalement incluse dans la Stratégie navale d’Ottawa”
• “Canada announces next step toward adding third strategic partner under National Shipbuilding Strategy” (Public Svcs/Procurement Canada info-machine)
• “Liberal Government Says Only Quebec Shipyard Qualifies For Icebreaker Construction, Ontario Shipyard Snubbed” (Spencer Fernando blog)
  

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• Internal Security
• “Son of Russian Spies Wins Case to Remain a Canadian Citizen”
• “Supreme Court ruling means children of Russian spies are Canadian citizens”
• “Son of Russian Spies Wins Case to Remain a Canadian Citizen”
• “Child of Russian spies gets to keep Canadian citizenship”
• “Son of Russian spies ‘relieved’ after regaining Canadian citizenship”
• “Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v. Vavilov” (SCC Cases (Lexum))
• More @ Google News
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “China’s Vancouver consulate recruits volunteer corps, raising concerns of foreign interference in city”
• “Trudeau to Trump: Don’t sign US-China trade deal until Canadians released”
• “Trudeau Says US Shouldn’t Sign China Trade Deal Until Kovrig & Spavor Are Released” (Spencer Fernando blog)
  

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• #HongKong
• “Hong Kong Democracy Movement Left Reeling by Police Seizure of Crowd-Funded Account”
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Trump Would ‘Feel Insulted’ If N.Korea Launches Missile”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “Kremlin: NATO is preparing for large-scale conflict with Russia”
• “Foggo: Russia, China on the Move, From the Arctic to the Med”
• “Two of the three Baltic nations plus Finland have signed a letter of intent to pursue a joint purchase of new armored ground vehicles. Senior defense officials from Estonia, Latvia and Finland signed the document Tuesday in Estonia’s capital, Talinn …”
• “Lithuanian, Latvian military jointly buy gasmasks for EUR 3 mln (CAN$ 4.4 million)”
• “Fire damage on Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov equal to aircraft carrier’s current value”
• “New conflict? Lukashenko confirms Russian General Staff’s concerns about NATO” (pro_RUS site)
  

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• Way Up North
• “Russia’s top General indirectly confirms Arctic deployment of the unstoppable Kinzhal missile”
• “Russian warplanes armed with hypersonic missiles deployed in Arctic”
• “Floating nuke plant sends first power to Arctic Russia”
• “World’s First Floating Nuclear Energy Plant Goes Online in Russia – Rosatom”
  

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• #Afghanistan
• “Canadian Forces had valuable ‘insights’ in Afghanistan, defence minister says following damning U.S. report”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Canadians among peacekeepers who impregnated women, abandoned babies in Haiti”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 17, 2019

• Internal Security
• “Alleged RCMP spy’s lawyer ‘disappointed’ with pace of case so far”
• “Deux hommes reconnus coupables d’avoir comploté pour faire dérailler un train de passagers de VIA Rail reliant New York et Toronto demandent que leur nouveau procès se déroule devant juge seul …”
• “Men accused in Via Rail terror plot choose retrial by judge alone”
• “Arrest in RCMP secrets case touched off a flurry of activity at highest levels”
• “Canada’s Attorney General Blocks Disclosure of Evidence in National Security Case — Last month, Canadian Attorney General David Lametti issued a security certificate in the ongoing case of R. v. Qing (Quentin) Huang. This is the first time the federal government has ever issued a security certificate, a legal mechanism that allows the attorney general to block the disclosure of information if disclosure would harm Canada’s national security interests …” (Lawfare blog)
• “Licence to hack: using a keyboard to fight Islamic State” (features AUS work)
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “South Korean warships to join HMCS Ottawa on its return to Victoria”
• “HMCS Ottawa along with Republic of Korea Navy ships to arrive Wednesday on west coast”
• “407 Long Range Patrol Squadron (407 Squadron), based at 19 Wing Comox, recently returned from a stint overseas as part of Operation (Op) NEON, Canada’s contribution to supporting UN sanctions imposed against North Korea …”
• “N.Korea ‘Capable of Building Multi-Warhead Missile’ “
• “N.Korea Snubs U.S. Point Man”
• “China urges UN Security Council to back plans to ease North Korean sanctions”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “1st domestically developed aircraft carrier commissioned” (CHN mil media)
• “China commissions 2nd aircraft carrier” (CHN mil media)
• “New aircraft carrier enters service” (CHN mil media)
• “Xi attends commissioning of first Chinese-built aircraft carrier” (CHN mil media)
• “2nd China Aircraft Carrier Enters Service”
• “Taiwan to build fighter jet centre in partnership with US, sending another defiant message to Beijing”
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Masoud Barzani hosts new Canadian, British Ambassadors to Iraq” (Kurdish media)
• “‘Too dangerous’ to pull 4-year-old Canadian orphan out of ISIS camp, Trudeau says”
• “Iraq’s government linked to murder as protest leaders assassinated”
• “Iraq is at a crossroads – Here’s why the country’s stability matters to the US”
• “U.S. to Slash Diplomatic Presence in Iraq”
• “Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters traveling in Europe on Monday that the United States needs to continue to grow the 81-nation counter-Islamic State coalition in Syria to ensure the defeat of the militant group …”
• “Russian, Turkish military conduct another joint patrol mission in Syria’s Aleppo”
• “Russia, Syria Hold First Joint Naval Drills”
• “Russia to modernize Syria port, build railway across Syria and Iraq”
• “Desperate measures – Syrians fleeing Turkey’s military operation — The majority of refugees fleeing from Turkey’s military operation in north east Syria say they won’t return to their country, and plan on settling in Iraq …” (Norwegian Refugee Council)
  

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• (Only a Little) Mo’ Peacekeeping Coming
• “Canada is exploring the possible deployment of military engineers as the newly re-elected Liberal government takes a fresh look at ways to step up its support for United Nations peacekeeping, says Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan. The government is also looking at having Canadian military trainers join peacekeepers from other nations in the field to help them better do their jobs …”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “Canada to join NATO’s cyber defence research centre — On November 28 in Tallinn, Estonia, Canadian Governor General Julie Payette visited the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE), which Canada is in the process of joining …”
• ” Russian spy ship operating in ‘unsafe manner’ near U.S. submarine base”
• ” ‘Erratic’ Russian Spy Ship Spotted Off Southeast U.S.”
• “Russia Bans Fired FSB Agents From Traveling Abroad”
• “Russian Spy Ship Viktor Leonov Operating in “Unsafe Manner” off U.S. East Coast: Coast Guard”
• “Russian General Staff calls for resuming Russia-NATO cooperation”
• “NATO drills indicate preparations for large-scale conflict — Russian General Staff”
  

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• Mental Health in the CAF
• “Zero psychologists are working at N.S. clinic for RCMP, military members with PTSD”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying (or Selling)?
• “Canadian data services company, exactEarth has renewed its contract with Antrix Corporation Ltd., the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), to provide Satellite-AIS data services to the Indian Navy …”
  

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• Other Military News
• “RCAF implements flying restrictions on CT-155 Hawk”
• “Canadian NORAD Region announces Santa’s 2019 escort teams and trackers” (RCAF info-machine)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights – December 3, 2019

• #NATO Summit
• “Canada ‘slightly delinquent’ on defence spending, Trump says at NATO gathering”
• “Trump calls Canada ‘slightly delinquent’ for not meeting NATO defence spending goals”
• “Trudeau dodges question about Canadian defence spending”
• “In pressuring Trudeau, Trump again reminds Canada to rethink its defense policy”
• “Sommet de l’OTAN: Trudeau devra éviter les tensions”
• “Subject: Travel pool report #10d – More POTUS quotes on NATO “delinquent” countries” (White House info-machine)
• “Remarks by President Trump and Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada Before Bilateral Meeting | London, United Kingdom” (The White House)
• “NATO Engages transcript: In conversation with the prime ministers of the Netherlands and Canada”
• “Analysis: NATO’s defence budget formula is flawed — and Canada isn’t going to meet its target”
• “Growing the Defence Budget: What Would Two Percent of GDP Look Like?” (Canadian Global Affairs Institute)
• “Trudeau doesn’t remember Canadian military spending numbers, Trump calls Canada ‘slightly delinquent’ ” (The Post Millennial)
• “Trudeau Says He’s Making “Significant Investments In Our Fighter Jets.” In Reality, He’s Replacing Old F-18s With Australia’s Discarded Old F-18s” (Spencer Fernando blog)
• “Trudeau’s Claim To Be Boosting Defense Spending Is Based On Deception” (Spencer Fernando blog)
• “La contribution à l’OTAN est faite de sacrifices, pas seulement d’argent”
  

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• “Donald Trump won’t commit to defending NATO allies”
• “Trump Offered Macron Some ‘Nice ISIS Fighters’ on NATO’s 70th Birthday”
• “Macron claims Turkey is working with ISIS in Syria”
• “Personal and policy conflicts dominate NATO summit, widening alliance divisions”
• “Nato chief threatens Putin with ‘full response’ from the whole alliance to any attack on Poland or Baltic countries”
• “Turkey upholds veto against NATO Baltic defence plans; Lithuania hopes for compromise”
• “Turkey threatens to veto Nato plans unless the Syria Kurd militia is labelled ‘a threat’ “
• “US Defense Chief Calls on Turkey to Stop Holding Up NATO Readiness Plan”
• “Turkey Suggests Invoking NATO Collective Defense Provision in Syrian Conflict”
• “Despite clashes, NATO is here to stay, UK ambassador says”
• “Putin Criticizes NATO Expansion as Alliance Holds London Summit”
• “Nato to formally recognise China ‘challenges’ for first time”
• “NATO Deputy Secretary General speaks at NATO Engages: Innovating the Alliance” (NATO info-machine)
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Male-dominated Iraqi military getting used to female soldiers: Canadian general”
• “Baghdad protests pose challenge to NATO’s mission in Iraq, says outgoing Canadian commander Dany Fortin”
• “US condemns ‘abhorrent’ protester killings in Iraq”
• “U.S. Military Base Hit By New Rocket Attack as Iraq Unrest Continues Without Prime Minister”
• “Rockets hit base hosting U.S. forces in western Iraq”
• “Russian diplomat warns against attempts to draw Iraq into confrontation with Iran”
• “Iraq: Mental health support for Kurdish refugees fleeing Syria” (MSF)
• “U.S. Forces Reposture in Eastern Syria, Restart Operations with Syrian Democratic Forces” (Pentagon info-machine)
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “John Manley urges ‘prisoner exchange’ to swap Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou for two Canadians held in China”
• “The Trudeau government’s high noon moment with Beijing”
• “Huawei to shift research facilities from hostile US to Canada, founder Ren Zhengfei says”
• “Huawei Moving US Research Center to Canada”
• “Resetting Canada’s Approach to China”
  

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• #HongKong
• “China Imposes Sanctions on U.S. NGOs over Hong Kong Bill”
• “Hong Kong’s Leader Hits Out at Washington Over Human Rights Law”
• “US Navy ‘invited’ to go to Taiwan and ‘have fun’ after Beijing bans port visits to Hong Kong”
• “(CHN) Coast Guard intensifies maritime patrols near Hong Kong” (CHN COmmunist Party media)
• “Protesters In Hong Kong Are Becoming More United In Their Strategy And More Desperate”
• “Beijing’s signal to Hong Kong: learn from Macau, and it starts with having ‘patriots’ in charge”
• “Top Chinese official praises Macau, warns Hong Kong to toe state constitutional line”
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Uncertainty as US, S. Korea Enter New Round of Defense Cost-Sharing Talks”
• “U.S. running out of time to mee its obligations, says North Korea”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “Russia on Tuesday accused a former U.S. Marine it has held for almost a year on spying charges of faking health problems in custody and lying about his ill-treatment to stir up noise around his case. Paul Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, was accused of espionage after agents from Russia’s Federal Security Service detained him in a Moscow hotel room on Dec. 28 …”
• “Turkey will look for alternatives if we fail to deliver F-35s, Trump says”
• ” ‘Technically This is Not Possible’: Macron Claims NATO Members Can’t Buy S-400 Systems From Russia”
• “A NATO Attack on Kaliningrad Would Force Russia to Go Nuclear” (pro-RUS site)
• “Putin: Russian Navy to get over 480 items of armament and military hardware this year”
• “Russian Trolls Are Hammering Away at NATO’s Presence in Lithuania”
  

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• Way Up North
• “Canadian Rangers train Australian counterparts during Exercise NORTHERN LIGHTS 2019” (via CAF Facebook)
• “Stephen LeDrew: Canada is giving up on the Arctic”
• “Denmark will triple Arctic defense spending”
• “Danish PM suggests increasing Arctic surveillance in response to Russian activity”
• “Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic” (USNI News)
• “EU-NATO Arctic plans often clash with Russian, Norwegian national interests, says (RUS) senator”
• “Russian Northern Fleet warships set off for deployment to Atlantic”
• “Rosatom Signs Deal to Boost Russia’s Arctic Infrastructure”
• “A Siberian pipeline from Russia and China’s ‘Polar Silk Road’ plan”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “The Defence Procurement Outlook for Canada’s 43rd Parliament” (Canadian Global Affairs Institute)
• Wanted:  “… This project will be to design and construct a dedicated, central facility for DND/CAF personnel in Yellowknife, NWT. The new Multi-Purpose Building will provide office space, classrooms, assembly area, warehousing, and vehicle maintenance facilities. Design-Builders are advised that the contract will include provisions for Indigenous participation … The scope of work for this project will include, but not limited to the following:  The design and construction of an approximately 6,000 m2 facility on a fenced 5-hectare site … It is anticipated that this procurement will be initiated in Winter/Spring of 2020. This is conditional on the project receiving approval to proceed by the DND. The construction cost of this project is estimated at $50,000,000.00 …”
  
• Wanted:  “… The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the supply of Qty. 4 All-Terrain Vehicle, amphibious, 8-wheeled, with trailer. The requested delivery date is on or before 120 days from date of contract. An option for 4 All-Terrain Vehicle, amphibious, 8-wheeled, with trailer is included for delivery within Canada …”
  
• Wanted:  “…The Department of National Defence has a requirement for the provision of a Tactical Power System (TPS) comprised of Generators, Power Management Systems, Power Distribution Systems, Synchronization, Energy Storage, and Renewables …”
• Wanted:  “… The Directorate of Force Health Protection (DFHP), within the Canadian Forces Health Services Group (CF H Svcs Gp), has a requirement to procure up to four thousand (4,000) Reflective Safety Belts.The purpose of the Reflective Safety Belts, is to provide the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel with a safety product that would improve their visibility while exercising outdoors in no or low light conditions …”
• Wanted:  “… The Department of National Defence (DND) is looking to seek guidance from industry regarding the capability to perform the Examination of Ordnance.  Through this Request for Information (RFI), DND wishes to understand the methods, choice of equipment, support capacity, and overall feedback on how to best perform the Examination of Ordnance for the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) field artillery fleets …”
  
• “Belgique, Finlande, Canada… Les armées décident de refaire leur garde-robe”
• “Unmanned aircraft have long been catnip for commanders on operations. The persistent feed of sensor data from ISTAR (intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance) platforms has been vital to the success of coalition missions globally …” (Canadian Army Today)
  

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• Other Military News
• “PM’s jet damaged in 8 Wing hangar mishap: DND”
• “CC15001 Airbus” (From the investigator, RCAF)
• “PM’s plane grounded for 10 months after collision at military hangar”
• “Canadian researcher investigating gender and peacekeeping” (via CAF Facebook)
• “New honorary colonel at 8 Air Maintenance Squadron”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – November 1, 2019

• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Canadian military’s anti-ISIL mission adjusting as protests rock Iraq, Lebanon”
• “Baghdad to Prosecute Iraqis who Committed Terror Crimes in Iraq”
• “Iraq protests: PM Adel Abdul Mahdi ‘will resign if replacement is found’ “
• “Iraq’s President Signals New Elections as Premier Agrees to Quit”
• “Iraq: Gruesome string of fatalities as new tear gas grenades pierce protesters’ skulls” (Amnesty International)
• “Ansar al Islam claims first attack in Iraq since 2014”
• “Turkey and Russia launched joint patrols Friday in northeastern Syria, under a deal that halted a Turkish offensive against Syrian Kurdish fighters who were forced to withdraw from the border area following Ankara’s incursion …”
• “ISIL confirms death of leader al-Baghdadi, names new chief”
• “Islamic State vows revenge for Baghdadi killing”
• “Russian intel says ironclad evidence of IS ringleader’s death hasn’t been provided”
• “Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Has No DNA Test Data Confirming Al-Baghdadi’s Death”
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “Canadian-led peacekeeping mission in Ukraine ‘Plan B’ for Kyiv, official says” (CBC.ca)
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou victim of abuse of process, lawyers maintain despite 7 police affidavits”
• “China says it won’t sit back if US deploys intermediate range missiles in Asia”
• “China’s Communist Party promotes man who shaped the fighting future of PLA Navy’s aircraft carriers”
• “Buyer beware – Chinese military weapons are low quality, says US State Department official”
• “China to include those avoiding military service in bad social credit record” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “Missions completed, 32nd Chinese naval escort taskforce returns home” (CHN mil media)
• “China urges India to respect its territorial sovereignty” (CHN mil media)
• ” “Dragon, elephant to dance together” right choice for China, India: spokesperson” (CHN mil media)
  

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• #HongKong
• “China’s Communist Party elite wrap up meeting with pledge to safeguard national security in Hong Kong”
• “Beijing reiterates call for Hong Kong to prioritise national security, patriotic education”
• “Hong Kong protesters plan huge march after gatecrashing Halloween”
• “Hong Kong in Recession as Protests Slam Retailers, Tourism”
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “N.Korea Fires 2 Projectiles into East Sea”
• “North Korea Fires More Projectiles After Warning of Deadline”
• “North Korea launches two suspected missiles after warnings to Washington”
• “North Korea fires two ‘ballistic missiles’ into Sea of Japan”
  

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• Way Up North
• “(RUS) Navy believes it is finding the shape of the Arctic seabed”
• “Russia’s Arctic War Games Up the Ante on Unsettled North Pole Claims”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “A decorated military officer who suffered serious injuries in a car accident won’t get a chance at the Supreme Court of Canada to argue her case for disability benefits …”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Election could spur changes in Canada’s defence leaders”
• “The trials of Prototype J” (Canadian Army Today)
• “No Stone Left Alone ceremonies to be held across Canada Monday”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – September 16, 2019

• Internal Security
• “RCMP Commissioner issues statement on arrest of Cameron Ortis”
• “Accused Canadian intelligence official had access to allies’ secrets, RCMP commissioner says”
• “Ortis arrest ‘unsettling,’ amid RCMP damage assessment, says top Mountie”
• “Five Eyes allies raising questions as damage control continues in Cameron Ortis case: sources”
• “Secrets in hands of alleged RCMP spy would cause ‘devastating’ damage to Canada, allies: documents”
• “RCMP assesses impacts of possible leaks by alleged mole”
• “Senior RCMP civilian held in custody after first court appearance charged with seven secrecy offences”
• “Intelligence official charged seemed to be ‘exemplar of discretion’: former colleague”
• “Canada Arrests Intelligence Officer Who Worked On Magnitsky Probe”
• “L’affaire Cameron Ortis surveillée par les alliés du renseignement canadien”
• “Un haut gradé de la GRC accusé d’espionnage enquêtait sur la Russie”
• “Canada: arrest of ex-head of intelligence shocks experts and alarms allies”
• “Un haut gradé de la GRC arrêté enquêtait sur la Russie”
• “Federal parties being warned of efforts by 6 foreign countries to influence election: sources”
• “Some US Lawmakers Consider Designating White Supremacists as Terrorists”
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Iranian legislator urges military to seize Canadian ships”
• “Iran’s hardliners threaten to seize Canadian assets after the sale of Iranian buildings”
• “NATO Secretary General arrives in Iraq with Supreme Allied Commander Europe” (NATO info-machine)
• “CJTF-OIR transitions commanders for defeat-ISIS mission” (U.S. Central Command info-machine)
• ” The RAF are continuing to take the fight to Daesh in Syria …” (GBR MoD info-machine)
• “Iraq launches anti-ISIS operation near Saudi border”
• “Shia militias attacked in Iraq -report”
• “Islamic State’s Reclusive Leader Issues New Call for Action”
• “IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi calls on fighters to free detained jihadis and families”
• “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi releases audio message to ISIS supporters”
• “New Cyber Warning: ISIS Or Al-Qaeda Could Attack Using ‘Dirty Bomb’ “
• “Iraq works to distance itself from US-Iran tension after Saudi Aramco attack”
• “Pompeo told Iraqi PM US information affirms Saudi not attacked from Iraq: Baghdad statement”
• “Russia threatens to shoot down Israeli planes in Syria”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Canadian and his firm plead guilty to transferring U.S. Navy rescue-sub data to China”
• “Could a tiny Chinese magnetic sensor be up to the huge task of tracking submarines?”
• “Pentagon steps up efforts to counter China’s rising power”
• “US vessel breaks into Xisha Islands again, becoming PLA’s best training partner — On September 13, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) illegally sailed into China’s territorial waters off the Xisha Islands in the South China Sea under the name of so-called “freedom of navigation” for the second time in a half-month period …” (CHN military media)
  

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• #HongKong
• “Where the Hong Kong Protests Stand After 100 Days: Rubber Bullets, Petrol Bombs, and 5 Demands”
• “Police Union Calls For Use of Live Ammunition Amid Growing Violence in Hong Kong”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “A group of American and Canadian military inspectors will carry out an observation flight over the territory of Russia this week within the frames of the international Open Skies Treaty, the Krasnaya Zvezda daily reported on Monday citing a senior Russian Defense Ministry official …”
• “Joint US-Canadian mission to make an observation flight over the Russian Federation on September 16-21 as part of the Treaty on Open Skies” (RUS MoD)
• “US, Canadian military inspectors to hold observation flight over Russia this week” (RUS state media)
• “Estonia, together with 17 allies, participates in the Northern Coasts military exercise … Estonia, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Italy, Canada, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States are participating in the exercise with ships and aircraft …”
• “Allied Chiefs of Defence – NATO remains a pillar of stability in an uncertain world” (NATO info-machine)
• “Poland works hard to prepare for possible war with Russia – media”
• “Not Just F-35s: Poland Has Big Plans to Prepare for a War with Russia”
• “Donald Trump’s NATO Attacks Are ‘Dangerous’ and Could Tempt Putin to Test the Alliance, Former Secretary General Warns”
• “Anti-terror training held near Kaliningrad in a motorized rifle unit of the BF army corps” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
• “Russia finishes second stage of S-400 deliveries to Turkey – (RUS) defense ministry”
• “Russia Completes Second Stage of S-400 Missile System Components Delivery”
• “What Drives Belarus’s Rapprochement With the West?”
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “Canadian officials honour Nazi collaborators in Ukraine, angering Jewish groups” (National Post, CAN private media)
  

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• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 219/2019 issued on 16 September 2019”
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (16 Sept)” (UKR MoD)
• UKR MoD summary, 160700 Sept 2019 (in Ukrainian)
• JFO: МAP – 16.09.2019 (UKR NSDC)
• “Weekly update on the situation in the operation area of the JFO from 09 to 15 September 2019 (Video)” (UKR MoD)
• Essence of Time summary, 12-15 Sept 2019 (pro-RUS site, with maps, in Russian)
  

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• “Donbas war: 14 ceasefire violations over day, one soldier wounded” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian forces fire 71 rounds of ammunition at ten DPR settlements over 24 hours – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “One Ukrainian soldier is wounded in Donbas area on September 16, – Ministry of Defense” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian forces step up shelling of DPR over week – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Day in Donbas: No casualties among Ukrainian troops” (UKR media)
• “Day in Donbas: Nine attacks, no casualties among Ukrainian soldiers” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine reports 16 enemy attacks in Donbas on Sept 15” (UKR media)
• ” “Since the beginning of truce, enemy has carried out more than 500 attacks at our positions, 80 of which with prohibited weapons” – Commander of Joined Forces Operation” (UKR media)
  

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• “Rapid Trident 2019 drills kick off in Lviv region” (UKR media)
• “Participants of the Rapid Trident-2019 International Exercises were briefed on security measures” (UKR MoD)
  

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• “Ukraine: Former Separatist Shot Dead In Government-Controlled Donetsk Region” (USA govt funded media)
• “Militant of so-called Donetsk People’s Republic Dzhumayev shot dead in Mariupol”
• “Donbas terrorist placed by Ukraine court under house arrest shot dead in Mariupol” (UKR media)
• “A Defender of Donbass Released by Kiev Under House Arrest Was Murdered in Ukraine-Occupied Mariupol” (pro-RUS site)
  

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• “Ukrainian military Mykhailo Tsymbalistyi died in Donbas” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russian Navy Shadowing US Yuma Vessel Sailing in Black Sea” (RUS state media)
• “Bastion, Bal, Bereg missile and artillery battalions of Black Sea Fleet conduct exercises at training grounds of Crimea” (RUS MoD)
  

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• “OSCE SMM must record the real situation in Donbas, every violation, every gunshot” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Zelensky: OSCE SMM should report “real situation” in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky wants OSCE monitors to be honest when record violations in Donbas” (UKR media)
  

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• “Peacekeepers to be in Donbas only in case of problems with Minsk agreements implementation, – Foreign Minister” (UKR media)
  

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• “Zelensky hopes for solution of issue of prisoner swap at Normandy Format Summit” (UKR media)
• “The Normandy Four must resolve the issue of release of all detained persons and set clear deadlines for the withdrawal of troops – Volodymyr Zelenskyy” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Ukraine at meeting in ‘Normandy format’ wants to resolve issue of release of all held persons, determine timeframe for forces disengagement in Donbas – Zelensky” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky hopes issue of Ukraine regaining control over the border to be raised during Slovak chairmanship in OSCE” (UKR media)
• “Kiev needs to sign Steinmeier formula for holding Normandy Quartet talks — expert” (RUS state media)
• “OSCE head asks not to question frameworks of Minsk, Normandy Four talks on Ukraine” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Zelensky would like disengagement on entire disengagement line in Donbas – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
• “Cabinet members, MPs to prepare law on special procedure for local self-government in (occupied areas) – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
• “Donbas for Russia is method to keep Ukraine under its influence, – Volker” (UKR media)r
• “Zelensky announces priority steps for peace in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Volker: “Steinmeier formula” may be applied only after free elections in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “Elections in Donbas won’t take place on terms of militants – Prystaiko” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine will not be pushed to elections on Russia’s terms – Volker” (UKR media)
• “In Ukraine, Foreign Minister And Others Fear Being ‘Pushed’ By West Into Bad Deal With Russia” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• “Kiev’s wish to change Donbass status terms threatens peace process – speaker” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Kiev’s unwillingness to follow Minsk accords must result in guarantor countries’ sanctions – Pushilin” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Kiev uses Minsk peace deal only for speculation and PR – Lugansk leader” (RUS state media)
• “Statement by LPR Head Leonid Pasechnik — The day before, Vadim Pristaiko joined Leonid Kuchma and Vladimir Zelensky who are not willing to implement the Minsk Agreements. Consequently, all the key Ukrainian policymakers made it clear that the Minsk Agreements for them are a tool for speculations and self-promotion, not for ending the war and the five-year conflict in which innocent people are killed by their hand …” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Donetsk leader urges sanctions on Kiev over its reluctance to fulfill Minsk peace deal” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Commentary by Denis Pushilin on the statement of Vadim Pristayko on the refusal to secure the special status of Donbass in the constitution of Ukraine” (pro-RUS rebel leader info-machine)
  

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• “Volker: Role of Tsemakh in MH17 case is exaggerated” (UKR media)
  

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• “Kyiv Eyes Hike In Defense Spending As Peace Talks With Moscow Loom” (USA govt funded media)
• “Ukraine budgets $10 billion for defense in 2020” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine planning surge in military spending as war continues” (Baltic News Network)
• “Ukraine to introduce improved military uniform in 2020” (UKR media)
  

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• “UN General Assembly includes discussion of Donbas conflict and Crimea’s status in agenda” (UKR media)
• ” “Procedural win”: UNGA includes situation in occupied Donbas, Crimea on agenda of the “high-level week” “
  

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• “Russian-controlled Donbas ‘republics’ remove Ukrainian language and everything connected with Ukraine from schools” (Human Rights in Ukraine, NGO)
  

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• “Too early to speak about improvement in relations with Ukraine — Russian Foreign Ministry” (RUS state media)
  

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• Way Up North
• “Towards a U.S.-China War?(2): Military Tensions in the Warming Arctic – From 1 to 28 September 2019, 3000 men and women of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps are participating in the “Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise”. The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command leads this exercise. The exercise takes place in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska and Southern California …” (The Red (Team) Analysis Society)
• “It’s Time for NATO to Engage in the Arctic”
• “Russia deploys S-400 to Arctic”
• “Russia deploys new missile system in the strategic Arctic region”
• “Russia deploys S-400 missile system in Arctic”
• “Russia Deploys S-400s To Arctic”
• “Russia Deploys S-400 Systems in the Arctic”
• “Exercise Tsentr 2019 Starts Off In Russia — Tsentr 2019 will feature a focus on Arctic capabilities …”
• “As Russia launches war games Tsentr-2019, Arctic troops advance on Bolshevik Island”
• “Tsentr 2019 maneuvers kick off in Armed Forces of Russian Federation” (RUS MoD)
• “Strategic Command Post Exercise Center-2019” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
• “The air defense units of the Central Military District within the framework of the Center-2019 SKSHU will take up duty in new position areas” (RUS MoD, in Russian)
• “Invaluable Arctic: Why Russia’s Northern Projects Make the US Jealous”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “… The Department of National Defence (DND), including the British Army Training Unit Suffield (BATUS) at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Suffield, Ralston Alberta has requirement for the supply and delivery of adventurous training technical clothing for use by BATUS-run adventurous training …”
• “COMMENTARY: Alternative Saab fighter could save navy by dodging extravagant F-35s”
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “The Veterans Coalition Party Of Canada, a new political party dedicated to veterans and other vulnerable members of society, recently launched in Nova Scotia. Despite being in its infancy, the group says their party will offer the change some Canadians are looking for …”
• “Canada’s first residence for homeless vets named in honour of hero pilot”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Province thanks Armed Forces for their help with hurricane clean-up”
• “Invictus 2020: les athlètes d’Équipe Canada s’entraînent à Valcartier”
• “DND historian seeking veterans from Operation Snowgoose” – Operation SNOWGOOSE (DND info-machine)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – September 10, 2019

• #CHN-The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Canadian warship (HMCS Ottawa) sails through Taiwan Strait”
• “Canadian warship sails through Taiwan Strait”
• “Beijing deploys drones for South China Sea surveillance”
• “Navy sends its most capable combat ship on escort mission” (CHN mil media)
• “N.Korea Fires Missiles a Day After Founding Anniversary”

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• #HongKong
• “China Daily newspaper criticised over claim Hong Kong protesters planned 9/11 terror attack”
• “Hong Kong Leader Warns U.S. Not to Meddle in City’s Affairs”
• “Why China went on a global media blitz over the Hong Kong protests – and why it probably won’t work”
• “Hong Kong’s MTR Screenshots Do Little to Assuage Concerns Over Police Attack”
• “HK parents slam teachers for spreading police hatred in schools” (CHN Communist Party media)
  

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• #MLI-Africa/#OpPRESENCE
• “Canadian Peacekeepers returning home from Mali feeling under utilized” (Canadian Global Affairs Institute)
• “Chinese peacekeepers in Mali rescue MINUSMA patients” (CHN mil media)

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• Domestic Operations/#OpLENTUS
• “Canadian Armed Forces not doing any cost recovery in Atlantic Canada after Dorian”
• “Trudeau, Goodale, Sajjan visit Halifax as recovery efforts continue after hurricane Dorian”
  

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• Way Up North
• “The Government of Canada Launches Co-Developed Arctic and Northern Policy Framework” (Gov’t of Canada info-machine)
• “Canada pledges to boost military in Arctic”
• “Canada pledges to boost military in Arctic”
• “Feds release Arctic policy hours before calling federal election”
• “New federal Arctic policy focuses on human health, environment, infrastructure”
• “B-2 stealth bombers just flew their first Arctic missions, and it’s an unmistakable message to Russia”
• “Knyaz Vladimir Project 955A submarine to join Northern Fleet” (Russian strategic nuclear forces blog)
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “The Western Alliance in the Face of the Russian (Dis)information Machine: Where Does Canada Stand?” (Canadian Global Affairs Institute)
• “US (Canadian) Detainee (in RUS) Paul Whelan Declines Surgery for Medical Condition”
• “Why the US needs to improve intelligence sharing on Russian military activities with NATO allies”
• “NATO planes in Baltics scrambled three times to intercept Russia aircraft”
• “Russia Almost Ready for Reciprocal Response After U.S. Missile Test”
• “Plans for ICBM launches in 2019-2021” (Russian strategic nuclear forces blog)
• “US taking real part in Lithuania’s defense, president says”
• “Survey finds American support strong for NATO, mixed on overseas bases”
• “Poland sends formal request to buy five C-130H Hercules transport aircraft”
• “Turkey hasn’t given up on F-35 fighter jets: Spokesman”

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 214/2019 issued on 10 September 2019”
• “Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10 September 2019”
• “JFO News. Security situation UPD for 7 AM (10 Sept)” (UKR MoD)
• JFO: МAP – 10.09.2019 (UKR NSDC)
  

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• “Ukraine reports one WIA amid 13 enemy attacks in Donbas on Sept 9” (UKR media)
• “Ukrainian forces fire nearly 200 rounds at DPR over 24 hours – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Russian occupants land seven attacks on Ukrainian positions, no casualties reported” (UKR media)
• “Kiev forces violate ceasefire three times over 24 hours” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Occupation forces violate ceasefire in Donbas 13 times, one soldier injured” (UKR media)
• “30th Brigade servicemen shell Logvinovo as they celebrate departure from JFO zone – LPR militia” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Russian proxies launch 13 attacks on Ukrainian troops in Donbas: Ukrainian soldier wounded” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Meet the Sudanese Mercenary Helping the Ukrainian Army Shell Donbass to “Fight Against Russia” ” (Stalker Zone, pro-RUS site)
  

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• “Ukraine and NATO stepping up activities of joint ad hoc group on military reform – Kuleba” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine seeking advice from NATO on new national security strategy” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine, NATO to enhance cooperation in tackling hybrid threats, security challenges” (UKR media)
• “NATO and Ukraine step up Joint Working Group on Military Reform” (UKR MoD)
• “Readiness for Ukraine’s Full Membership in NATO is a Strategic Goal for Transformation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine” (UKR MoD, in Ukrainian)
  

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• “Ukraine to hold military exercises with US and Great Britain near Lviv” (UKR media)
  

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• “Trump announces possibility of joining talks on peace in Ukraine if their participants need it” (UKR media)
• “Trump ready to join Ukraine peace talks” (UKR media)
• “Trump says he is ready to ‘get involved’ in Russia-Ukraine dialogue” (pro-RUS site)
• “Trump Says Ready To Join Normandy Talks On East Ukraine Conflict” (USA govt funded media)
• “Trump says ready to join Normandy talks on Donbas settlement – media” (UKR media)
• “Trump not exclude possibility to join peace talks on Ukraine” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russia won’t view West’s stance on Ukraine as obstacle for fostering EU ties — Lavrov” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Minsk Accord Cannot Proceed Until Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Meets Donetsk, Lugansk Leaders” (RUS state media)
• “DPR reports Donbass disengagement talks details” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Medvedchuk: Dialogue between Ukrainian and Russian presidents must continue for peace in Donbas” (UKR media)
• “DPR parliamentarian calls for not trusting Zelensky while there’s war in Donbass” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Statement by LPR Foreign Minister Vladislav Deinego” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Security subgroup to discuss disengagement problem on Friday – Foreign Ministry” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Ukraine Accepts Russia’s Terms for Prisoner Release Agreement” (Jamestown Foundation)
• “Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap: Step Toward Peace or False Dawn?” (USA govt funded media)
• “Presidential decrees pardoning convicts from swap list “classified”, not to be published – Ombudsperson” (UKR media)
• “14 Russians, 1 Moldavian, and 20 Ukrainians: Who Russia Rescued From Ukraine” (pro-RUS site)
• “Ukraine negotiates next prisoner exchange with Russia” (UKR media)
• “Denisova: Negotiations on release of the rest of Ukrainians from Russia continue” (UKR media)
• “Another prisoner swap may take place this year – Ukrainian ombudsperson” (UKR media)
• “Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap should continue, – Peskov” (UKR media)
  

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• “PACE urges Russia to cooperate in MH17 case suspect Tsemakh interrogation” (UKR media)
• “Following prisoner exchange, Volodymyr Tsemakh “must remain available” to MH17 investigators – PACE” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russian Disinformation, Psy-Ops Operations Target New Ukrainian Government” (Jamestown Foundation)

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• “The War in Eastern Ukraine May be Coming to an End but Do Any Americans Care?” (Dissident Voice)

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• “Ukraine: IOM, EU Help Improve Ukraine-Moldova Border” (International Organization for Migration)
  

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• “Crimea Offers Iran Use of Its Ports for Oil Transport” (Jamestown Foundation)
  

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• Internal Security
• “Former justice Marie Deschamps named to panel overseeing spy agencies”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• Wanted: “Structural Modelling and Analysis of Naval Platforms”
• “Ottawa firm to support Royal Canadian Navy, robotics company joins Rheinmetall”
  

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• Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
• “40 years on, Ontario man launches class-action lawsuit against military claiming childhood sex abuse”
• “Forces needs more info on perpetrators of sexual misconduct, centre says”
  

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• Other Military News
• “Trump, Russia and China All Represent New Threats to Canada”
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Exclusive: Military leaders warn of ‘ISIS insurgency’ in Iraq, Syria breeding ground”
• “Iraq Is Committed to OPEC+ Cuts but Has ‘Difficulties’ Complying”
• “Air Force F-35s And F-15s Obliterate ISIS Island In Iraq”
• “US drops 80,000 pounds of bombs to clear ISIS from Iraqi island”
• “15 IS terrorists killed in Iraq”
• “US bombs ISIS island in Iraq’s Tigris River”

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – September 7, 2019

• #NATO Ex Off Halifax
• “NATO navies arrive in Halifax for Cutlass Fury, largest such naval exercise in decades” (NATO info-machine)
• “HMS Queen Elizabeth bringing 7 British F-35Bs on cruise to Canada, U.S.”
• “British aircraft carrier to visit port of Halifax this month”
• ” ‘Largest ever’ U.K. aircraft carrier to visit Halifax during NATO exercise”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “Justin Trudeau sharpens criticism of China in Huawei spat”
• “China slams Canada after Trudeau criticizes detentions”
• “China accepts new Canadian envoy, urges Ottawa to release Meng to fix ties” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “It would be difficult for Japan to develop military space unit” (CHN military media)
  

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• #HongKong
• “Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said on Friday that Beijing would safeguard the one country, two systems and support Hong Kong government efforts to end the crisis which has engulfed the city for months, as German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for “utmost” effort to avoid violence …”
• “Protests Continue in Hong Kong Despite Bill’s Withdrawal”
• “Hong Kong police stave off airport protest after night of violence”
• “Hong Kong Officials Limit Airport Transportation to Prevent Protests”
• “Hong Kong Police Fire Tear Gas as Angry Crowd Melts Away Like Water”
• ” Hong Kong Authorities Reassure Businesses as Fitch Downgrades Rating”
• “Chinese FM slams Pelosi’s comments on HK, stressing it is China’s domestic affairs” (CHN Communist Party media)
  

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• The Koreas/#OpNEON
• “Cutting Through the Hype About the North Korean Ballistic Missile Submarine Threat” (38 North)
• “Trump Accuses Korea of Ingratitude”
  

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• #MLI-Africa/#OpPRESENCE
• “Was Canada’s Mali mission worth it? Absolutely”
• “Mali: Former rebels and militia fighters abducted from bus in Mopti region”
• “22 ex-combattants enlevés lors d’un trajet en autocar au Mali”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “NATO diplomats and experts meet in Riga to discuss NATO’s nuclear deterrence” (NATO info-machine)
• “NATO announces change in Baltic air policing duties”
• “Hungarian Gripens showcase new capabilities in NATO Baltic Air Policing mission”
• “U.S. redeploys highly advanced anti-missile defense system from Romania”
• “Poland asks U.S. for anti-tank missiles, military transport planes – media”
• “U.S. Navy submarine tests four nuclear capable Trident II D5 missiles”
• “U.S. should impose sanctions on Turkey over S-400 without any delay – Jerusalem Post”
• “After the INF: Russia’s Propaganda and Real Threats”
• “Russia Secures Pens Holding ‘Spy Whales,’ Satellite Images Show”
• “Spy-colleagues of ‘Whaledimir’ are now better tied up at home in Russia”
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• JFO: МAP – 07.09.2019 (UKR NSDC)
• UKR MoD summary, 070700 Sept 2019 (in Ukrainian)
  

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• “Ukraine reports 11 enemy attacks in Donbas on Sept 6” (UKR media)
  

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• “Russia and Ukraine prisoner swap underway” (Deutsche Welle)
• “Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Exchange Underway” (USA govt funded media)
• “Russian-Ukrainian exchange procedure has started, says lawyer” (RUS state media)
• “Russia-Ukraine prisoner exchange under way” (Al Jazeera)
• “Detainee swap between Russia, Ukraine to be held in 35-for-35 format” (UKR media)
• “Plane With Freed Detaineess Released by Ukraine Lands In Moscow” (RUS state media)
• “Zelenskyy Pardons Prisoners Being Prepared for Russia-Ukraine Simultaneous Release – Lawyer” (RUS state media)
• “Special Rossiya unit aircraft has landed in Kiev to take Russian citizens within exchange” (RUS state media)
• “Prisoner swap: Airplanes with prisoners take off from Russia, Ukraine airports”
• “Filmmaker Sentsov, 24 Ukrainian sailors in Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap – lawyer” (Reuters)
• “Prisoner swap: Two Ukrainian planes landed in Moscow” (UKR media)
• “Buses Leave Moscow Prison Amid Expected Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap” (USA govt funded media)
• “All sailors detained in Kerch Strait, including SBU officers, to be handed over to Ukraine” (UKR media)
  

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• “How the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Has Seized a Terrorist Implicated in Bringing Down Flight MH17, and Transported Him Out from the Russia-Occupied Territory” (InformNapalm.org, pro-UKR OSINT)
• “Hybrid combinations of the Kremlin or why Putin needs Tsemakh” (Information Resistance, pro-UKR OSINT)
  

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• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Russia’s military is incorporating mercenaries hired by a wealthy ally of President Vladimir Putin into its planned offensive to help Syria’s army retake the last major stronghold held by jihadist rebels, according to people with direct knowledge of the matter …”
• “US and Turkey make third joint flight over northeastern Syria: EUCOM”
• “US welcomes Denmark’s military assistance in Syria”
• “Denmark to deploy troops to Northern Syria”
• “Joint US-Turkey ground patrols set to start in Syria buffer zone, Akar says”
  

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• #CHN-#RUS Nexus?
• “First batch of Chinese troops arrive in Russia for Center-2019 drills” (CHN military media)
• “China, Russia pledge to deepen military cooperation” (CHN military media)
  

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• Internal Security
• “MPP’s ties to China raise questions about how close Canadian politicians should get to foreign powers”
• ” Authorities in Canada and far northern Minnesota are urging residents to avoid contact and call police if they see a former Canadian Armed Forces reservist with alleged ties to a hate group …”
• “Case of missing neo-Nazi reveals Canadian media’s double standards” (Ricochet)
  

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• Way Up North
• “RCAF assures Canada’s sovereignty in the North” (RCAF info-machine)
• ” ‘Potentially Dangerous’ Objects Found in Northern Russia After Accident”
• “B-2 stealth bomber on mission above Arctic Circle outside Norway”
• “Russian nuclear blast debris is still emitting radiation, reports say”
• “After fixing «some technical problems», a new nuke sub makes ready for Northern Fleet”
• “Russia to Build 17 Icebreaking LNG Tankers as Melting Arctic Opens Route to China”
• “New Arctic partnership announces construction of 17 icebreaking LNG tankers”
• “Powered by LNG, tanker sails across Russian Arctic route to China”
• “India looks towards Russian Arctic”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “La Marine royale canadienne acquerra cinq connecteurs mer‑terre qui seront construits à Montréal”
• “Providing the Royal Canadian Navy with greater flexibility for ashore operations … the Honourable Harjit S. Sajjan, Minister of National Defence, announced a contract of approximately $12 million to acquire five ship-to-shore connector systems that will support such missions. These systems will be built in Canada by Navamar Inc. With these ship-to-shore connector systems, vessels such as our Joint Support Ships will have an enhanced and robust capability to transfer cargo and equipment from the ship to the shore …” (DND info-machine)
• “USAF F-35s Star at AERO Gatineau-Ottawa 2019 Air Show”
• “CAE to upgrade Swedish Naval Warfare Training System”
  

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• Other Military News
• “House fire at CFB Edmonton (in 2015) leads to attempted murder charge”
• “A United Nations Emergency Peace Service (UNEPS) is long overdue” (Ceasefire.ca)

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MILNEWS.ca Highlights + #UKR Update – August 22, 2019

• #IRQ-Middle East/#OpIMPACT
• “Father of accused ISIL member Jack Letts challenges Andrew Scheer to a debate on son’s fate”
• “Parents of Jack Letts accuse Andrew Scheer of trying to appear tough on terrorism”
  
• “Canada says it will not help ‘Jihadi Jack’ come to the country”
• ” ‘Jihadi Jack’ has a constitutional right to come to Canada. But getting in may not be so easy”
• “18 years after 9/11, we shouldn’t still be improvising solutions for the jihadis”
• “Parents of ‘Jihadi Jack’ weigh move to Canada, will press Ottawa for son’s repatriation”
• “Netanyahu hints at Israeli involvement in Iraq blasts”
• “Is Israel striking Iranian-backed paramilitaries in Iraq?”
• “The head of an Iran-backed paramilitary force in Iraq has distanced it from a claim by his deputy that the US was responsible for several recent explosions at its arms depots. Faleh al-Fayad said “external players” were behind the blasts, but that further investigation was needed to be able to pinpoint the blame …”
• “Iraq Paramilitary Groups Blame US, Israel for Blasts at Militia Bases”
• “Iraq’s Hezbollah threatens missile attacks on US bases after arms depot explosions”
• “Iran-backed militia walks back accusation that Israel, US behind Iraq strikes”
  

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• #CHN/Pacific Rim
• “US Tells Canada It’s Urging China to Free Detained Canadians”
• “Canada judge releases video of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou being searched at Vancouver airport before arrest”
• “China warns Canada to ‘stop its wrongdoing’ over Meng Wanzhou arrest, Hong Kong comments”
• “Meng Wanzhou’s lawyers accuse Canadian officers of deception, and working for FBI, in fullest account of Huawei CFO’s airport arrest”
• “Canada’s Trudeau Says Won’t Back Down in Dispute With China, Urges Restraint in Hong Kong”
• “The defence team for a Huawei executive wanted on fraud charges in the United States is alleging Canadian officials initially planned to arrest Meng Wanzhou when her plane landed, but instead questioned her for nearly three hours before arresting her …”
• “China to impose sanctions on U.S. companies in case of arms sales to Taiwan” (CHN mil media)
• “China launches world-leading unmanned warship” (CHN military media)
• “Gas mask sales soar in Taiwan as Hong Kong protesters seek fresh supplies”
• “U.S.-UK Deep State Tries to Grab Hong Kong” (The Vineyard of the Saker, pro-RUS site)
• “Latest military chopper expected to debut at National Day parade: report” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “Who are the ‘valiant’ rioters in Hong Kong?” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “Pence’s remarks on HK reveal ‘Cold War mentality’ and ‘hegemony’ ” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “Radical protesters ‘very small part’: Hong Kong senior counsel” (CHN Communist Party media)
• “Hong Kong’s Quietly Confrontational Protest”
  

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• Russia-Baltics-Cold War 2.0/#OpREASSURANCE
• “The military strategic situation around Russia remains tense: in addition to increased activity by NATO states in the West, there are now threats coming from the East, said Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu …” – “A meeting of the Board of the Russian Ministry of Defense took place in Moscow” (RUS MoD, in Russian)”Post-Skyfall Blast, Kremlin Denies Responsibility for Radiation Monitoring Stations”
• ” “Really Frightening”: Trees Dry Up and Toadstools Vanish in Karelia After Explosion near Severodvinsk”
• “Russia Says U.S. Missile Deployments in Asia Would Be a Threat”
• “Cutting-edge defence technologies are being tested in the Baltic Sea to enhance European maritime security” (LTU MoD)
• “Canada Against Returning to G8 Format by Inviting Russia Back”
• “Trump Says He Wants Russia Back at G-7 Summits”
• “Russia’s G8 Return: Italy Likely to Say ‘Yes’, Germany, UK, Canada & France are ‘No’s – US Scholar”
  

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• #UKR/#OpUNIFIER
• “Service members of the Operation UNIFIER congratulate comrades from different security and defense agencies and all Ukrainian people on Independence Day (Video)” (UKR MoD, English video w/UKR subtitles)
• “Energoatom and Canada’s Cameco sign memo of cooperation — State-owned enterprise Energoatom and Canada’s Cameco Corporation have signed a memorandum of cooperation and understanding in the nuclear energy sector …” (UKR media)
  

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• UKR MoD summary, 220700 Aug 2019 (in Ukrainian)
• “JFO: МAP – 22.08.2019” (UKR NSDC)
• “Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 21 August 2019”
• Esseence of Time summary, 19-21 Aug 2019 (pro-RUS site, with maps, in Russian)
  

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• “Day in Donbas: 4 shellings, no victims reported” (UKR media)
• “Kiev army violates ceasefire seven times over 24 hours, shells six DPR settlements – JCCC” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “No casualties among Ukrainian forces in Donbas over day” (UKR media)
• “Lugansk militia forces down Ukrainian attack drone” (RUS state media)
• “Date of disengagement in Petrovskoye area of Donbass not set yet — negotiator” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Contact group on Ukraine in session in Minsk” (BLR state media)
• “Contact group on Ukraine in Minsk describes current ceasefire as most effective” (BLR state media)
• “Latest Donbas truce proves most effective – OSCE” (UKR media)
• “OSCE Special Representative Sajdik calls last Donbas truce the most effective” (UKR media)
• “Ukraine, Russia to go for 33/33 prisoner swap – media” (UKR media)
• “Kremlin confirms consultations on detainee exchange with Ukraine are underway” (RUS state media)
• “Russia to facilitate all-for-all Donbass prisoner exchange — envoy” (RUS state media)
  

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• “Ukrainian engineers demine territories adjacent to Stanytsia Luhanska checkpoint” (UKR media)
  

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• “Volodymyr Zelenskyy discussed non-admission of Russia to the G7 with the Prime Minister of Canada” (UKR Pres info-machine)
• “Zelensky thanks Trudeau for Canada’s position on returning Russia to G7” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky about possibility of returning Russian Federation to G8” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky comments on Russia’s possible return to G7” (UKR media)
• “Zelensky contacts Trudeau, Tusk, discusses Russia’s return to G7” (UKR media)
• “No ‘G8’ until Russia ends its occupation of Crimea & frees all Ukrainian hostages” (Human Rights in Ukraine, NGO)
  

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• “Russian flags hoisted in occupied Donetsk” (UKR media)
• “DPR Head calls Russian flag key symbol of struggle for Donbass people’s freedom” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
• “Donbass people grateful to Russia for supporting struggle for better future – Bidyovka” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Morozova demands UN assess actions by chief of human rights mission in Ukraine” (pro-RUS rebel info-machine)
  

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• “Russian Novelist Brags His Battalion Killed the Most Ukrainians” (polygraph.info, fact-checking site)
  

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• “The Russian Federation Prepares the Occupied Donbas’s Banking System for Integration” (InformNapalm.org, pro-UKR OSINT)
  

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• “Head Of Ukrainian President’s Office Sues RFE/RL For Libel” (USA govt funded media)
  

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• #MLI-Africa/#OpPRESENCE
• “Opération PRÉSENCE-MALI: un succès pour la nouvelle capacité aéromédicale”
• “Malian troops die in ambush”
• “Mali reconciliation efforts must be supported, says UN expert”
• “Insecurity in Mali’s Menaka region affects humanitarian assistance”
  

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• Way Up North
• “Delivery of first new Arctic patrol ship delayed again, but still expected sometime in 2019”
• “Canada inaugurates new Arctic science research station”
• “The official opening of the Canadian High Arctic Research Station (CHARS) campus in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, opens a new chapter in Canada’s polar research leadership” (Govt of Canada info-machine)
• “A Norwegian Coast Guard ship just reached the North Pole”
  

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• What’s Canada Buying?
• “Government of Canada invests in modernizing and growing its CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue fleet” (DND info-machine)
• “Investments in modernizing and increasing the CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue fleet” (RCAF info-machine)
  

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• Internal Security
• “Canadian military knew about suspected neo-Nazi: top general”
• “Train Soldiers To Identify Neo-Nazis And Hate Group Members, Experts Ask Canadian Military”
• “Reservist suspected of neo-Nazi ties prompts questions about whether signals missed by military”
• “Royal Military College professor says Canadian Forces has to ‘trust’ employees due to sheer size”
• “Military will take ‘aggressive actions’ with extremist soldiers, defence minister vows”
• “Anti-Hate Network chair speaks out after arrest of Canadian Armed Forces member with alleged ties to hate group”
• “Part One: White Supremacy in the Digital World” (NATO Association of Canada)
  

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• Sexual Assault/Harassment in the CF
• “The Sexual Misconduct Response Centre Launches the Sexual Assault Centre Contribution Program … , the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre (SMRC) launched the Sexual Assault Centre Contribution Program, as part of Canada’s overall commitment to responding to gender-based violence. This new initiative aims to ensure that affected people in the wider CAF community are better able to cope with the effects of sexual assault, and are better supported to access the services they need …” (DND info-machine)
• “Le Commandement du personnel militaire accueille son nouveau commandant”
• “Contributions aux centres d’aide aux survivants d’agression sexuelle: les régions de la BFC Saint-Jean et de la BFC Valcartier présélectionnées”
• “Former captain pens memoir detailing sexism, alleged abuse in Canadian military” – “Girls Need Not Apply” by Kelly S. Thompson (Penguin Random House Canada)
  

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• Veterans & Helping Veterans (or Not?)
• “Canada’s servicemen and women no longer well-served by Ottawa”
  

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• Other Military News
• “No one injured in fire aboard HMCS Toronto”
• “DND, military receive few declarations on volunteering for 2019 election”
• “Military Personnel Command welcomes new commander” (DND info-machine)
• ” “Fiat Justitia”: Implications of a Canadian Military Justice Decision for International Justice”
• “What happened to Trudeau’s peacekeeping promise?”

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