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Kyiv most be held. Ukraine is winning. Not losing is winning. The one objective of the Russian Army is to move as quickly as possible to encircle (isolate) and penetrate #Kyiv More humble advice from #urbanwarfare history/studies:
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Prepared urban defenders have the advantage. In 2016, it took over 100,000 security forces 9 months to take Mosul against 5 to 10,000 ISIS. It took hundreds of thousands of Soviets to take Stalingrad. Russia doesn't have the numbers. Kyiv can hold. Ukraine can win. #urbanwarfare
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Hey @FareedZakaria I just heard you @CNN say Ukraine still in a David and Goliath situation. Bring me on your show & I can argue why I think at this point it is reversed. Urban terrain great equalizer. Defense strongest. Even Russian Grozny approach won't work now. #urbanwarfare
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A picture of Ukrainians studying resistance tactics, including my material!! I am both humbled and extremely proud. #urbanwarfare @ZelenskyyUa @KyivIndependent @KyivPost @CNN @AnaCabrera
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私の「アーバンディフェンダーのためのミニマニュアル」が日本語で利用できるようになりました（ウェブページの一番下までスクロールしてください）。すべての新しい画像はまもなく登場します。 #urbanwarfare johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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Version 3.2 of my "Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender" is out today. Mostly copy edit updates. All new images coming. #urbanwarfare Translations in Ukranian and Japanese on the site as well. johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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The good guys treat prisoners of war humanely. They protect them. They follow the 5 S's #urbanwarfare
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Wow, check that out. The mini-manual for the urban defender (latest version here: johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare) but in an actual mini manual printed format. I love it! #urbanwarfare #IStandWithUkraine twitter.com/Ukraine30F/sta…
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Version 3.3 of the "Min-Manual for the Urban Defender" is out. Improvements on earlier content that was rushed. Medical section coming very soon. Ukrainian version on the site as well. #urbanwarfare #IStandWithUkriane johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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IMO #Russia cannot sustain the combat ops it is currently fighting (4 fronts Kyiv, Kharkiv, Donbas, Mariupol, & Kherson). Logistics in chaos, morale to the point of fragging (killing their own officers), illegally targeting civilians w/ missiles, they are scared of #urbanwarfare
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The Battle of Mariupol. #urbanwarfare of the worst kind. 100,000 to 170,000 civilians trapped inside the battle area. House 2 house, intense combat. Ukrainian fighters still have defending advantages and strong pockets of resistance. Rubble is strong. Map: militaryland.net/tag/maps/
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Version 4 of "The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender," updated translations, especially Ukrainian should be done by Monday. V3 available in Ukrainian, Latvian, Japanese. #urbanwarfare johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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Mariupol is a bad situation. Godspeed to its Ukrainian defenders. Russians are still discovering the hell of urban warfare and stiff, motivated resistance. #urbanwarfare twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/…
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Mariupol still stands. April 16th. Almost 2 months under siege. #urbanwarfare #SlavaUkraini Graphics from @TheStudyofWar
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Mariupol still stands! April 18th. Love this video. Especially the heavy weapons firing from inside the building. #urbanwarfare twitter.com/grimcultzero/s…
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Mariupol still stands! #SlavaUkraini They are not only surviving, they are also holding down thousands of Russian military forces. #urbanwarfare twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/…
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Godspeed to the fighters in Mariupol. They will go down in history as an amazing example of resistance, bravery, and skill of an urban defender holding in the face of overwhelming attacks, bombing, and numbers. I still have hope they can be resupplied, breakout. #urbanwarfare
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"...they [Russians] cannot take control of the Donbas without taking control of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk...their odds of success [Russians] very indeterminate...the longer they wait, the stronger the Ukrainian position becomes" #urbanwarfare @KofmanMichael warontherocks.com/2022/04/ukrain…
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Russia does not have what it takes to seize Odessa. It does not have the numbers of soldiers, types of forces, or capabilities to take a defended city of that size that is using a layered defense and thousands of military, territorial defense, & civilian defenders. #urbanwarfare
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Russians can’t do #urbanwarfare They fear it. They chose war crimes as a method of warfare instead. More most be done to help. Ukraine needs long range rocket systems like HIMARS, Smerch, Grad. twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/…
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On my way back from Ukraine now. At a loss for words in all that I saw studying the Battle of Kyiv. We visited Bucha, Irpin, Moshchun, Brovary, Skybyn, Demydiv, Ivankiv and many other sites. Speaking to commanders, fighters that defended the city. #Ukraine #urbanwarfare
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My first article after visiting Kyiv recently. “Waterworld: How Ukraine Flooded Three Rivers to Help Save Kyiv” #UkraineRussianWar #urbanwarfare mwi.usma.edu/waterworld-how…
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My “Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender” is now available in Farsi. Originally written for Ukraine, now available in 13 different languages. #urbanwarfare johnspenceronline.com/the-mini-manua… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Big News! After a lot of requests, I have completed a MAJOR update to my "Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender." A living document. Written for Ukrainian civilians/defenders. Now in 13 languages. Updates to translations working. #urbanwarfare Download here:
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