Jonathan Wade

Interim President Oleksander Turchynov has called for United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers to help regain areas taken by Pro-Russian Insurgent Militants, believed by many to be Russian Special Operations Forces (SOF) soldiers. Turchynov’s office told UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon that they could conduct joint-operations in eastern Ukraine. “We are not against and welcome if, with […]

The Libyan government and Libyan rebels, who are occupying four major eastern oil ports, agreed to gradually end their eight-month blockade, which resulted in billions of dollars in lost revenue for the Libyan government. The terminals of Zueitina and Hariga are already under government control, Justice Minister Salah al-Marghani told the media earlier today. Two […]

Ukraine’s “anti-terrorist operation,” launched on Sunday, is finally getting some results. Ukrainian soldiers have recaptured the Kramatorsk airport. Gunfire exchanged between Ukrainian special operation forces (SOF) soldiers, who were seen conducting an air assault from helicopters, and Pro-Russian militants could be heard in the town of Kramatorsk. Government forces estimated that about 30 armed gunmen […]

Approximately 70 “Pro-Russian militants” wearing Russian military camouflage uniforms, a dozen of them armed with Kalashnikovs, seized the police station in Sloviansk, a city of 125,000 people in Donetsk Oblast. Militants have attempted to storm the police station in Shaktarsk and the general prosecutor’s office, also in Donetsk, but failed. The armed takeover of the […]

Russia has recalled its ambassador to NATO, Col. Gen. Valery Yevnevich, for consultation this Thursday, only two days after NATO suspended their cooperation with Russia over the current Ukraine crisis. Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov is openly accusing NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen of creating tension through statements at the Meeting of NATO […]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is finally intensifying cooperation with Ukraine by promoting defence reforms through building and development programmes. NATO will also send more experts to the NATO Liaison Office in Kyiv. Is NATO finally putting their money where their mouth is? NATO issued firm statements during the Meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs. The […]

While the Canadian Winter seems endless this year, 350 soldiers from 5 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG) are now in Norway for an international military exercise called Exercise COLD RESPONSE. More cold for the Canadians I guess, eh? Lieutenant-General Marquis Hainse, Commander of the Canadian Army said: “During Exercise COLD RESPONSE 14, Canadian Army […]

The Canadian flag was lowered for the very last time on March 12, 2014 in Kabul, Afghanistan. While some Canadian soldiers remained until March 18, the flag lowering ceremony indicates the end of the Afghan War for the Canadians. After 9/11, Canada quickly followed the Americans into Afghanistan, as JTF-2 Operators from Task Force 11 […]

United States Navy SEALs from a Virginia-based DEVGRU SEAL team launched a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) operation from the USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) at midnight Cyprus Time, Monday, using helicopters and fast boats to regain control of a North Korea-flagged oil tanker approximately 18 miles off the coast of Cyprus. They inserted with MCADS […]

So I am waiting at the airport to catch my flight back to the 7 feet of snow I have in my backyard, while it’s 50 here. I had the opportunity to join Canadian Sun News Network as a SOFREP collaborator at the 2014 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The feeling I got is a […]

Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird announced new sanctions against Russia, including cutting all military relations with them. Russia has nine soldiers in Canada who have been asked to leave no later than friday morning last week. Those soldiers were on Canadian soil to learn French and English, teach Russian to Canadian soldiers at the […]

Canada Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is ruling out a Western military intervention in Ukraine. But he won’t exclude other sanctions, including expelling Russia’s ambassador to Canada. Mr. Baird called the Russian military intervention an ”old Soviet-style” aggression. He also won’t believe that the Russian justification for the Crimean occupation is based on the protection […]