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New commander in place for Canada’s Joint Task Force-Ukraine
The Canadian Forces announced today that the new commander of Joint Task Force-Ukraine, Lieutenant-Colonel Wayne Niven, assumed command from Lieutenant-Colonel Tim Arsenault during a ceremony at the International Peacekeeping and Security Centre in Starychi, Ukraine, as part of Operation Unifier. Op Unifier is Canada’s military training...
The Canadian Army and an African deployment
Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is in Africa today on a fact-finding mission to collect information for an upcoming Canadian Forces mission to the region. Sajjan will visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda from August 9-16, the DND says. Sajjan will be accompanied by Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire...
Robert H. Scales: While the U.S. chased political correctness, Russia chased the edge on the battlefield
In November, while visiting the headquarters of the U.S. Army in Europe, I received a briefing on the performance of the Russian army in Ukraine. In a perfunctory tone, the young intelligence briefer recited the details of the July 2014 Battle of Zelenopillya, in which a single Russian artillery “fire strike” almost destroyed two Ukrainian...
Reality TV created Donald Trump. Next, it will destroy him.
Trump can’t follow a crucial rule of the TV genre that made him popular and it will be his undoing – again. It may be that, looking back on this summer, the days immediately following the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia will be those that we point to as marking a watershed in the 2016 campaign — where the Trump wave finally...
Media Advisory: Remaining Members of Operation UNIFIER Contingent Returning From Ukraine
VALCARTIER, QUEBEC–(Marketwired – Aug. 8, 2016) – Media representative are invited to attend the homecoming of a second, final group of approximately 100 soldiers this Wednesday as they return from the first rotation of Operation (Op) UNIFIER. When: Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at 7:30 pm (scheduled time of aircraft arrival)...
How Putin ended Clinton’s ‘Moscow Spring’
FILE – In this Sept. 8, 2012 pool-file photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Vladivostok, Russia. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, Pool, File) WASHINGTON – As secretary of state, Hillary Clinton basked in a diplomatic “Moscow Spring,” seizing on Vladimir Putin’s break from the presidency to...
War against Russia-backed separatists has turned Ukraine into a ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons
KIEV, Ukraine — A former Ukrainian soldier-turned-arms dealer agrees to meet in Kyiv, where he offers to sell a Makarov semi-automatic pistol for about $160. Amid haggling, he drops the price to $120. He says he also has Kalashnikov automatic rifles for less than $400 and can get heavier weapons such as rocket launchers if given a little more...
War against Russia-backed separatists has turned Ukraine into a ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons
Since the conflict broke out in 2014, the number of crimes involving firearms has more than doubled in Ukraine, a country where gun ownership was previously very rare …read more Source: Vancouver...
How The Trump Campaign Weakened The Republican Platform On Aid To Ukraine
The changes to the GOP platform also highlight a rare instance where Trump agrees with President Obama’s policy. …read more Source:...
War turns Ukraine into ‘supermarket’ for illegal weapons
The war in eastern Ukraine against Russia-backed separatists has led to the uncontrolled spread of firearms throughout the country, with experts describing Ukraine as a “supermarket” where millions of illegal weapons are for sale. …read more Source: CTV...
