https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/02/03/ottawa-police-threatens-to-call-in-military-to-stop-trucker-protest/

Ottawa Police Threatens to Call In Military to Stop Trucker Protest

Ottawa’s police chief said the capital may request aid from the armed forces to stop the ongoing anti-mandatory vaccine Freedom Convoy trucker protest, but the Defence Ministry responded saying they had no plans to get involved in the situation.

Police Chief Peter Sloly gave a briefing on Wednesday stating that the ongoing trucker protests, which began on Saturday, have become more than just an issue for Ottawa authorities.

“This is a national issue, not an Ottawa issue,” Sloly told city councillors and added, “I am increasingly concerned there is no policing solution to this,” broadcaster CBC reported.

“There is no lawful authority to seal a city, there’s no practical capability to seal a city of this size,” Sloly said and claimed that he would need at least 50,000 officers to attempt such a task. According to the Ottawa police service official website, Ottawa has just 1,480 police officers.

Sloly admitted that escalating the situation by bringing in the military was not a strategy without significant drawbacks. Wall Street Journal reporter Paul Viera quoted Sloly as saying, “Mixing them into a population in a highly volatile population … may mitigate some risk but escalate” others.

Since the remarkable comments on deploying the military to confront pro-freedom truckers, a spokesman for the Canadian Defence Ministry said they would not be getting involved. The Toronto Star quoted the spokesman’s denial of the military being deployed to the streets of the capital, who said: “The Canadian Armed Forces are not involved in law enforcement in this situation, and there are no plans for such CAF involvement”.

The statements by Ottawa’s police chief come just days after he stated that “all options are on the table” to deal with the protesters, who are demanding an end to vaccine mandates for truckers for cross border travel between the United States and Canada as well as an end to all coronavirus restrictions across the country.

In the days since the Freedom Convoy arrived in Ottawa, some Canadian politicians have begun to discuss ending coronavirus-linked limitations on basic rights, including Saskatchewan conservative premier Scott Moe, who stated that the province would end restrictions such as the vaccine passport system by the end of the month.

Premier Francois Legault of the French-speaking province of Quebec also announced this week that his government would be scrapping the idea of a tax on unvaccinated residents, claiming that the policy could lead to social tensions.

Ottawa’s local government has slammed the Freedom Convoy protestors, with Ottawa city councillor Mathieu Fleury posted a note on Twitter on Monday that he would be launching court actions to seize cash from the GoFundMe fundraiser for the protests, which has amassed over ten million Canadian dollars as of Wednesday.

“This morning I have asked the city manager and city solicitor to immediately launch court proceedings targeting the millions of dollars in funds frozen by GoFundMe so Ottawa taxpayers are not left holding the bag for these protests,” Fleury said before locking his account and making his Tweets private, which they remain as of Wednesday. Following the comments, GoFundMe actually froze the Trucker fundraiser, publishing a statement saying they were reviewing the account.

They said: “This fundraiser is currently paused and under review to ensure it complies with our terms of service and applicable laws and regulations. Our team is working 24/7 and doing all we can to protect both organizers and donors. Thank you for your patience.”

The Canadian Military refuses to get involved in the Trucker's Protest

UPDATE: A spokesperson for DND says “the Canadian Armed Forces are not involved in law enforcement in this situation, and there are no plans for such CAF involvement.”

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Russia launches 'provocation' missions against Ukraine soldiers to start war

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russia-launches-provocation-missions-against-26131397

The commander of Ukraine’s Army Oleksandr Syrskyi told how Ukraine is defending against the growing Russian threat from its eastern flank, where there are 126,000 troops, and Belarus to the north, where there are 80,000

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has been described as 'not afraid' as appears to be preparing for war

Russia is launching “provocation and deception” missions against frontline Ukrainian soldiers - trying to bully and entice them into war.

Ukraine’s troops are hunkered down in trenches being fired at daily but are under orders to hold the line and not give the Kremlin an excuse to start a war.

On Wednesday The Mirror met the commander of Ukraine’s Army Oleksandr Syrskyi, a four-star General, at an air-strip outside Kyiv.

He told us how Ukraine was defending against the growing Russian threat from its eastern flank, where there are 126,000 Russian troops and Belarus to the north, where there are 80,000 including Russian and local forces.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukraine Army has said western powers need to act fast

Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukraine Army has said western powers need to act fast (

He said: “History shows that they may take any kind of action and carry out any provocation and we are ready for anything.

“But we keep up with our ceasefire regime in order to prevent any provocation.”

He stressed Ukraine’s forces are being shelled and shot at daily along the 250-mile trench frontier between his soldiers and pro-Russian separatists backed by Moscow’s regular forces.

RAF Typhoon escorts Russian nuclear bomber out of UK air space'

General Syrskyi added: “I don’t think an attack from every direction is likely as Russian forces are divided up. They do not have enough troops.

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“But we are on high alert all of the time. Since 2014 we have been in a state of permanent non-nuclear warfare.

“The Ukraine armed forces are conducting covert operations, we are conducting reconnaissance, planning for every scenario.”

Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukraine Army at the airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, speaks to Mirror man Chris Hughes

Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander-in-chief of the Ukraine Army at the airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, speaks to Mirror man Chris Hughes (

The Daily Mirror understands Moscow’s GRU spies have planted misinformation throughout east Ukraine, as they did in Crimea before the 2014 invasion.

Russian loyalists have been told “the Nazis are coming” in a ridiculous attack on Europe’s growing links to Ukraine, the suggestion being that the continent is anti-Russian.

Spetsnaz special forces are planning “false flag” deception missions against Ukraine - either self-inflicted attacks triggering a retaliation and war or fake news.

One likely scenario would be Russian separatists being attacked by covert Spetsnaz units pretending to be Ukrainian.

This would spark a response from Moscow and give the needed pretext for an assault on its neighbour, which is massively supported by NATO.

As well as 2,000 NLAW anti-tank weapons the UK has supplied Ukraine with 100 military trainers- but Ukraine wants more.

The General added that Ukraine has demanded more help from the UK.

He said London has been given a shopping list of weaponry and defence systems, adding that the NLAWs are a great help and saying: “The NLAW is a good deterrent.

“We are extremely happy with this support and for any help to deter the Russian Federation.

“We are waiting for something else - we have sent a list of armaments and ammunition which we need and I really hope that they will supply this.

“I want more and our Ministry of Defence, our government has conducted joint exercises with the British side and we reached several agreements.

“This capacity will increase our capacity to fight and to win this war.”

The Mirror understands from other sources that the shopping list includes mortar shells, artillery shells, more anti-tank missiles such as Javelin and NLAW, electronic warfare systems which can jam Russian weaponry and communications systems.

Ukraine’s Minister of Culture and Information Oleksandr Tkacheno, also at the airstrip, revealed Russia’s military is trying to disguise where its strengths are.

He said: “There has been a lot of misinformation about the military and where it is.

“In one area on the other side there were supposed to be thousands of tents but then we discovered that 70% of them were actually not manned.

“They were covered in snow and this means they were empty.

“This could affect our understanding of the level of threat and where that threat actually is.

“When we are dealing with robber Russians you have to call them out.

“Putin is not afraid. It’s important that western leaders take action as he is a typical robber.”

In a reference to western sanctions and backing for Ukraine he added: “He needs to see real-time action."