Contact:
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Humanitarian
Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University
Consortium Graduate Studies
Center
for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
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Briefing - Ukraine Invasion - Updates
9 June 2014
Briefing Update 22
Background
Discussions:
Global Security Threat: Catastrophic
ICS-CERT Warning
ICS-CERT
warns on the rise in attacks on online ICS: Security Affairs, 9
June 2014.
7 June 2014
Briefing Update 21
Background
Discussions:
World leaders get a grasp on Information Warfare operations currently
being advanced as part of a geostrategic framework
The
Anatomy of Russian Information Warfare
The
Crimean operation has served as an occasion for Russia to demonstrate
to the entire world the capabilities and the potential of information
warfare. Its goal is to use difficult to detect methods to subordinate
the elites and societies in other countries by making use of various
kinds of secret and overt channels (secret services, diplomacy and the
media), psychological impact, and ideological and political
sabotage. Russian politicians and journalists have argued that
information battles are necessary for “the Russian/Eurasian
civilisation” to counteract “informational aggression from the Atlantic
civilisation led by the "SA”. This argument from the arsenal of
applied geopolitics has been used for years. This text is an attempt to
provide an interpretation of information warfare with the background of
Russian geopolitical theory and practice.
Related Briefing
Notes:
See Briefing Update 20,
23 May 2014: (1) Russian
Fiction the Sequel: 10 More False Claims About Ukraine: U.S.
State Department, 13 April 2014, (2) Russia's
Alleged Propaganda Talking Points Leaked: The list of
prepared topics instructs television journalists. Business Insider, 29
March 2014.
See Briefing Update 17, 2
May 2014: (1) Russia-China Information
Warfare, CSPAN, Hudson
Institute. August 24, 2009,
(2)
23 May 2014
Briefing Update 20
Background Discussions:
Graphc Credit: U.S.
Embassy Damascus
PROFIT AT ANY COST
Related:
15 May 2014
Briefing Update 19
Background Discussions:
While Russia advances
cyber attacks and Information warfare against the United States and
NATO ally countries (including France), France intends to sell two
warships that will be used to destroy French and NATO forces. This
represents the level of confusion that exists during an "Act of War"
(Russian cyberattacks, information warafare) and direct support of
Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism. Call continues for an immediate
international arms embargo against Russia.
- Russia
Praises French 'Reliability' In Warship Deal: Work on the
€1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) deal for two Mistral-class helicopter
carriers is proceeding on schedule, demonstrating “France’s reliability
as a partner,” a spokesman of Rosoboronexport was quoted by ITAR-TASS
as saying. -- Defense News, 14 May 2014.
- On Wednesday, Justice Minister Pavlo
Petrenko said Kiev estimated losses from the Crimean crisis and the
nationalisation of Ukraine's property in the peninsula at $85 billion
and warned that Ukraine would seek financial compensation from Russia
for "seized assets". -- Ukraine
asks Russia to pay for lost Crimean energy reserves: IANS, 15 May
2014.
Russia’s ICBMs
Ukraine built the guidance and control
systems for Russian ICBM’s carrying about 5000 nuclear bombs and they
still have the service and maintenance agreement. -- Putin
Screwed Up – Ukraine built 600 of Russia’s ICBMs and can give codes to
NATO:
Missile Threat: A Project of the George C. Marshall and Claremont
Institutes, 15 May 2014.
8 May 2014
Briefing Update 18
Background Discussions:
Russian Cyberterrorism:
Information Warfare
Cyber attacks target
corporate, banking, stock markets, government (federal, state,local)
and critical infrastructure.
In
recent weeks, he said, some large U.S. financial
institutions were hit by attacks that delayed or disrupted
services on customer websites.
Pentagon Police Hit By ‘Catastrophic’
Network Outage
Security Infrastructure
for U.S. Capitol Down - 6-12 Months
The agency estimated it would take six to
12 months to “effect repairs and to upgrade the network core to
mitigate future outage risks.”
2 May 2014
Briefing Update 17
Background Discussions:
Getting a grasp on a full scale war against the United States and NATO
Allies, Israel and Arab countries by cyber and information warfare.
Russia integrates hackers with military and organized crime
groups. From propaganda to direct attacks against defense and
critical infrastructure.
- Russia-China Information
Warfare: The use of information technology and propaganda in recent
military operations such as the Russian-Georgian conflict, information
gathering and reconnaissance, the development of different
technological platforms for use in theaters of conflict, and Russian
efforts to improve cyber-warfare systems. CSPAN, Hudson
Institute. August 24, 2009.
24 April 2014
Briefing Update 16
Background Discussions:
-
Terrorism
and International Law: Accountability, Remedies and Reform:
International Bar Association. This report examines the
developments in international law and practice in a dynamic and often
controversial area. The Task Force comprises world famous jurists
and is chaired by Justice Richard Goldstone. This book provides a
global overview of counter-terrorism, including but not restricted to
the US-led ‘war on terror’, by considering case law and examples of
state practice from all continents.
Background
Discussions:
1.
3.
4.
16 April 2014
Briefing Update 15
Background Discussions:
Russia uses UN Security
Council to advance geopolitical objectives. -- Security
Council sees grim images of Syrian dead: AP, 16 April
2014. Full
UN Report
PDF.
Report:
Evidence of 'industrial-scale killing' by Syrian regime: HRI:H-II
OPSEC, 22 January 2014.
15 April 2014
Briefing Update 14
Background Discussions:
1. Russia continues
to spin a false and dangerous narrative to justify its illegal actions
in Ukraine. The Russian propaganda machine continues to promote hate
speech and incite violence by creating a false threat in Ukraine that
does not exist. We would not be seeing the violence and sad events that
we've witnessed this weekend without this relentless stream of
disinformation and Russian provocateurs fostering unrest in eastern
Ukraine. Here are 10 more false claims Russia is using to justify
intervention in Ukraine, with the facts that these assertions ignore or
distort. -- Russian
Fiction the Sequel: 10 More False Claims About Ukraine: U.S.
State Department, 13 April 2014.
2.
14 April 2014
Briefing Update 13
Background Discussions:
Russia redefines State Sponsored Terrorism in Ukraine and Syria, as it
makes a mockery of the UN Security Council, human rights and
international law through (1) invasion, occupation and annexation of
Crimea, Ukraine, (2) directly blocking UN Security Council action to
protect civilians, secure WMD stockpiles and refer Syria to the
International Criminal Court. This includes
Russia's direct role in joint military command, with U.S. State Department
designated State Sponsors of
Terrorism Syria and Iran
(Hezbollah) and perpetration of Sunni ethnic cleansing with weapons of
mass destruction, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This
regional catastrophe has caused upwards of 200,000 deaths (2011-2014)
and has been compared to the Holocaust by UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-Moon.
Russia Role in the Sunni-Shia Civil War: Redefining profits and
geostrategic objectives at any cost:
7 April 2014
Briefing Update 12
Background Discussions:
1. Putin
orders crackdown on NGOs after Ukraine (Asia One, 7 April
2014): (South African
Institute of International Affairs: September 2014)Deutsche WelleHagel
compares China sea dispute to Ukraine takeover (Macau Daily Times,
7 April 2014), .
1 April 2014
Briefing Update 11
Background Discussions:
The
General Assembly today affirmed its commitment to Ukraine’s
sovereignty, political independence, unity and territorial integrity
within its internationally recognized borders, underscoring the
invalidity of the 16 March referendum held in autonomous Crimea.
By
a recorded vote of 100 in favour to 11 against, with 58 abstentions,
the Assembly adopted a resolution titled “Territorial integrity of
Ukraine”, calling on States, international organizations and
specialized agencies not to recognize any change in the status of
Crimea or the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol, and to refrain from
actions or dealings that might be interpreted as such.
-- General
Assembly Adopts Resolution Calling upon States Not to Recognize Changes
in Status of Crimea: Union Nations General Assembly, 27 March 2014.
31 March 2014
Briefing Update 10
Background Discussions:
1. Russia's
Alleged Propaganda Talking Points Leaked: The list of
prepared topics instructs television journalists.
Business Insider, 29 March 2014.
2.
28 March 2014
Briefing Update 9
Background Discussions:
1. Ukraine
prepares for war (CNN): An Obama
administration official warned Thursday that the Russian army is now
fully prepared to invade eastern Ukraine if Putin decides to take
further military action. --
2. Since Britain,
Northern Ireland, United States of America and Ukraine could not secure
a UN Security Council resolution on Crimea,
following the Russian Veto that facilitated a Breach of Contract
based on the conditions outlined in the Budapest
Memorandums on Security Assurances, 1994, the resolution was
moved to the entire UN Security Council: UN
General Assembly: Crimea Referendum Was Illegal: Time Magazine, 27
March 2014.
3. International
community focuses on stabilization and security following approval of a
$27 Billion support package for Ukraine. -- Ukraine
Unlocks $27 Billion International Aid Deal: Bloomberg, 27 March
2014.
4. Most people would be
surprised to know that even a very small regional nuclear war on the
other side of the planet could disrupt global climate for at least a
decade and wipe out the ozone layer for a decade,” said lead author
Michael Mills, an atmospheric scientist at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research in Colorado. -- Study:
‘Small’ Nuclear War Would Make Earth Uninhabitable, reports Live
Science. CBS Denver, 26 March 2014.
25 March 2014
Briefing Update 8
Background Discussion:
Breach of Contract: Budapest Memorandums
on Security Assurances, 1994.
In 1994, in full
faith and confidence in the Russian Federation, Britain and Northern
Ireland and the United States of America, Ukraine entered into a
contractual agreement (Budapest
Memorandums on Security Assurances, 1994) to remove 1,200
nuclear warheads and more than 2,500 tactical nuclear weapons, in
return for a payment or guarantee that the signatories would:
seek
immediate United Nations Security Council action to provide assistance
to Ukraine, as a non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Treaty on the
Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, if Ukraine should become a victim
of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which
nuclear weapons are used;"
Following the act of
aggression or invasion, occupation
and annexation of Crimea, Ukraine by Russia, the remaining
signatories failed to follow through with the conditions outlined in
this contractual agreement. In the article "Ukraine Battles to Rebuild a Depleted
Military" (Wall Street Journal, 25 March 2014), it was noted
that the "United States" said the memorandum was a political agreement,
not a binding promise to defend Ukraine's borders. This interpretation is in direct
contradiction to the contractual agreement and now places in jeopardy all agreements that
have been negotiated through the Treaty on
the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT).
24 March 2014
Briefing Update 7
Background Discussions:
22 March 2014
Briefing Update 6
Background Discussions:
2. After
Crimea: Top Intelligence Analysts Forecast The 5 Things That Putin
Might Do Next: Military & Defense: Business Insider, 21
March 2014. Special thanks to
13 March 2014
Briefing Update 5
Background Discussions:
Sochi 2014
dedicated to Syria and The Olympic Ideal: HRI,
20 February 2014
2. In
the midst of the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, the International
Judo Federation awards
Vladimir Putin his 8th dan, an honor that appears to be in direct
contradiction to the "Code of Ethics" advocated by Judo's founder, Dr
Jigoro Kano. -- IJF
Award of 8th dan to Vladimir Putin - Jigoro Kano Code of Ethics: HRI, 6 March
2014.
12 March 2014
Briefing Update 4
Background Discussions:
1. Crimea, Ukraine
invasion reflects a profit at any cost mentality, including the Russian
people.
2.
In an emotional speech in Kiev on Sunday, former Russian oil tycoon
Mikhail Khodorkovsky - recently released from 10 years in jail - told
the Maidan "there is another Russia", one opposed to military action in
Ukraine. -- Ukraine crisis:
Russians opposed to Putin: BBC, 11 March
2014.
10 March 2014
Briefing Update 3
Background Discussions:
1. Russian newspaper
has published photographs of landmines being laid near an entry point
to the peninsula, near the villages of Chongar and Nikolaevka. --
Gunfire,
landmines and cyber attacks in Crimea: MSN, 9 March 2014.
Chechens
Are Being Drawn Into the Conflict in Ukraine
7 March 2014
Briefing Update 2
Background Discussions:
1. Sochi 2014:
Reaffirming
the Olympic Ideal for the
Purpose of Continuing the Progress of Humanity - In
the midst of the humanitarian catastrophe in Syria, IJF awards
Vladimir Putin his 8th dan, an honor that appears to be in direct
contradiction to the "Code of Ethics" advocated by Judo's founder, Dr
Jigoro Kano. -- IJF
Award of 8th dan to Vladimir Putin - Jigoro Kano Code of Ethics: HRI, 6 March 2014.
2. In
Kiev, Interim President Oleksandr Turchynov said the national
government would invalidate the Crimea Parliament's decision to hold
the referendum and dissolve Crimea's legislative body, the Times
said. -- Kiev
officials to nullify secession vote, dissolve Crimea Parliament: UPI, 6 March 2014.
3. Budapest
Memorandums on Security Assurances, 1994 Ukraine
says Russian troops in Crimea have doubled to 30,000: MSN, 7 March 2014.
4.
Focus moves to protection of minority populations. There are
266,000 Crimean Tatars in Crimea, over 13% of the local population.
They are Sunni Muslim, traditionally pro-Ukrainian, and much better
organized than the local Ukrainians, who make up 23% of the population.
-- Tatar
Sunni Muslims pose a threat to Russia's occupation of Crimea:
Guardian UK, 5 March 2014. Support of ethnic
cleansing of Sunni
Muslims in Syria, spirals a move to crisis response in Ukraine. -- Sochi 2014
dedicated to Syria and The Olympic Ideal: HRI, 20 February
2014.
5 March 2014
Briefing Update I
Background Discussions:
Crimea crisis: pro-Russian leader appeals to Putin for help: UK
Guardian, 28 February 2014.
2. The Economic
crisis in Ukraine has prompted a call for international assistance
through restructure and debt relief. This long term solution oriented
focus, encompasses all countries classified as technically insolvent
(when a country's national debt exceeded its gross national product).
See: CNBC: Debt
to GDP Analysis. -- HRI: Appeal to
International Bar Association - Tools
for
Restructure: Humanitarian Resource Institute.
4 March 2014
Contact:
Stephen M. Apatow
Founder,
Director of Research & Development
Humanitarian
Resource Institute (UN:NGO:DESA)
Humanitarian University
Consortium Graduate Studies
Center
for Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Law
Phone:
203-668-0282
Email:
s.m.apatow@humanitarian.net
Internet:
www.humanitarian.net
H-II
OPSEC
Url:
www.H-II.org
Briefing
- Ukraine Invasion - U.S. Suspends Trade, Investment Talks
Serious
concern about abject poverty among the populations of Russia - Russian
Poverty
- Greed drives invasion of Ukraine as Russian people, families of
Russian troops face catastrophic suffering as world markets collapse,
with hyperinflation of food and infrastructure critical commodities.
-- See: The Ultimate
Objective: Humanitarian Resource Institute. Url:
www.humanitarian.net/humanrights.html
A money laundering
probe has been launched into ousted Ukrainian president Viktor
Yanukovich and his son Oleksander, it’s emerged. The prosecutor’s
office in Geneva confirmed the investigation as Switzerland moved to
freeze any funds linked to Yanukovich. -- Swiss
prosecutor opens money laundering probe into ousted Ukrainian president
Viktor Yanukovych: Euronews, 28
February 2014.
Overview:
International
community unites to protect people of Ukraine, call for
immediate withdrawal of all Russian troops following invasion:
Note:
Operation
Ocean Shield, NATO's contribution to international efforts to combat
piracy off the Horn of Africa, commenced on 17 August 2009 following
NAC approval of the mission. Operation Ocean Shield builds on the
experience gained during Operation Allied Protector, NATOs' previous
counter-piracy mission, and develops a distinctive NATO role based on
the broad strength of the Alliance by adopting a more comprehensive
approach to counter-piracy efforts. The NIFC has been a key contributor
to this mission since its inception through a partnership with the NATO
Maritime Command at Northwood, UK. -- Operation Ocean
Shield: NATO.
See also: See: Russia-NATO
Relations:
NATO.
International
community responds:
Syria
Overview
on Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: HRI:H-II OPSEC.
UN
Security
Council unanimously adopts UNSCR 2139 on humanitarian access in Syria.
UNITED
NATIONS, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.N.
Security Council on Saturday unanimously adopted a resolution to boost
humanitarian aid access in Syria, where the United Nations says 9.3
million people need help, that threatens to take "further steps" in the
case of non-compliance.
Russia and China,
which have shielded Syria's
government on the U.N. Security Council during the three-year-long
civil war, voted in favor of the resolution. They had previously vetoed
three resolutions condemning Syria's government and threatening it with
possible sanctions. (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by James
Dalgleish)
Photo Credit: Winnipeg Free Press
Reaffirming the Olympic Ideal for the Purpose
of
Continuing the Progress of Humanity
Athletes
committed to the pursuit of excellence with aspirations of
success in international and Olympic competition, become participants
in a humanitarian objective to utilize their talents, opportunities and
achievements as a vehicle for positive change. This theme is reflected
in the following excerpt from a resolution adopted by the United
Nations General Assembly, 25 November 1997: 52/21: Building a peaceful
and better world through sport and the Olympic ideal:
Reaffirming that the
Olympic ideal promotes international
understanding, particularly among the youth of the world, through sport
and culture in order to advance the harmonious development of humankind,
Noting
with satisfaction the increasing number of joint endeavours of
the International Olympic Committee and the United Nations system, for
example in the fields of development, humanitarian assistance,
protection of the environment, health promotion and education, in which
the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the United Nations Environment
Programme, the World Health Organization and the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization have participated.
The International
Olympic Committee's involvement in assistance
projects for human development is
aimed at improving, through sport and physical activity, the quality of
life
and well-being of people who live in the most disadvantaged regions of
the
world. It is a matter of using sport as a means for positive change.
Although
these projects are specific and merely symbolic, the Olympic Movement's
contribution is intended to complement the efforts of governments and
inter- and non-governmental organisations to meet the challenges of our
society. The IOC's commitment in this area is based on the need to
place sport, which has become a real social force within society, at
the service of human development. - Missions: Human
Development
Assistance: Objective of the International Olympic Committee.
-- Reaffirming the
Olympic Ideal for the Purpose of
Continuing the Progress of Humanity: Humanitarian
Resource Institute, March 2003
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