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My name is John Spencer. I am the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies. I have fought in the hell that is urban warfare. I have studied and written about it for almost a decade. I have advised many militaries. These are my standing orders for the urban defenders.
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He is live on the floor of Congress! Standing ovation for @ZelenskyyUa For Ukraine!
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Do NOT stand in the open and shoot or throw anything (to include molotov cocktail) at a Russian soldier or vehicles. Shoot from windows, behind cars, around alleyway corners. Build positions (concrete best) to fire from.
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Yes, use your molotov cocktails. Think about where you will stand to throw (then run). Dropping from windows above vehicles most ideal. Vehicles without weapons on top the most vulnerable, but if it is armor, choose where to hit.
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The days are numbered for the Russian military in Ukraine.
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"But the price of not supporting them [Ukraine] will be much higher...you should care about your own security interest...step up and provide support, full stop." Europe must do more! #ArmUkraineNow #RussiaIsCollapsing #russiaisateroriststate #russia #ukraine #PutinsWar
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If it is a street you still need to use. Build a S pattern obstacle that still slows a vehicle down. Think police check point (which you could set up if you wanted to catch saboteurs before military reach your location)
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Again, your survival to fight is important so think hard about where you will shoot from. Elevated positions down long streets. Shoot and run. Ambushes. Aim for the windows and doors of non-armor vehicles. Soldiers in open. One of the greatest fears of a soldier is a sniper.
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You must prepare for the Russians to start using artillery to help their troops. Make sure the places you choose to shoot from are strong. If in a building, make holes in the walls so you can shoot from and bigger ones to move to other rooms or buildings. You must survive.
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Once you have obstacles (never stop building). I really mean thousands of barriers/obstacles. You can decided places to fight. Places to shoot from or ambush any soldier or vehicle that stops or slows down at your obstacles.
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What does Russia have to show for 6 months of an illegal war in sovereign, democratic, free Ukraine? Just a list of strategic failures. A review/🧵
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Russia invades a sovereign nation to fully annex/subjugate 40+ million breaking the fundamental principle of the UN Charter. Russia commits massive war crimes & genocide in Ukraine while the world watches. But @nytimes calls Ukraine's fight for freedom "hard-line." Disgusting!
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Russia is a threat to global security. It is a state that allows its uniformed soldiers to commit war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, kidnapping, rape, torture w/no state accountability. They are a terrorist regime with a nuclear weapon. They will only stop, if forced.
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My name is John Spencer. I'm the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies. I have studied & written about urban warfare for near 10 yrs. If I was defending a city, this is what I'd say/do. The manual is rough draft. It will be updated often. PDF download available johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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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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Form into groups. Ideally 3 to 5 and decided where to shoot at Russians from. You get to decide. Best if coordinated with another group and using your obstacles to slow something and shoot at from concealed and protected positions.
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BREAKING: Reports of stand still traffic jams on the Kerch bridge (the bridge linking Ukrainian Crimea to Russia). Other reports of explosion in Crimea.
🙏 Hoping Ukraine struck the Kerch Bridge again!
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For god sake will the U.S. send Ukraine ATACMs already?! How many massive Russian terror attacks on Ukrainian civilians will it take to send them what they need to defend themselves? Send tanks, IFVs, planes, ATACMs (a lot of them), air defenses, anything we can! #ArmUkraineNow
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"Every day Putin continues this war, Russia becomes weaker, and it will take years - decades - to repair. Putin has not had a single victory. He will go down in history as one of the worst leaders of a state in modern times." @dagbladet dagbladet.no/nyheter/histor…
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I hope everyone realizes the historic moment of the meeting today in Germany. 40 countries rallied against one. The world is against Putin and Russia. Against the illegal invasion of Ukraine. Against evil. Russia must withdrawal all forces from Ukraine. Now!
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My grandfather fought in World War II. I personally think he would be embarrassed by what we have allowed Putin to do in Ukraine. Never again was supposed to mean something.
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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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I speak for no organization. As a person, a human, I strongly believe we (the west) can & should do more to help #Ukriane fight Russia. They are fighting for us. Dying for us. Children, pregnant women. I understand the escalation concerns/constraints, but we can/must do more, NOW
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies | Madison Policy Forum | Author of Connected Soldiers / Understanding Urban Warfare