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The Russian forces surrendering is real people. twitter.com/Liveuamap/stat…
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"the Battle of Kyiv may well inspire books or movies about how a small force using superior knowledge of urban terrain defeated a numerically and militarily superior power...a story on resistance, the will to fight, military ingenuity, and urban warfare." mwi.usma.edu/waterworld-how…
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My "Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender," I hope it can still help all those that continue to fight, are ready to fight! Available in English and Ukrainian. It can be downloaded as a PDF for printing/mailing widely. #SlavaUkraini johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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Powerful! Exact weapons needed to save millions of Ukrainians, millions of Europeans. twitter.com/IneBackIversen…
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A rundown of U.S. military assistance provided to Ukraine so far. #SlavaUkraini
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Version 4 of "The Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender" is out. Updated translations coming. Available to download as PDF. Updates include basic ambush (upon request) content, basic medical lifesaving steps, a little more on water purification, UXO safety. johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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Once all hope is cut of resupply or reinforcement, Russian soldiers should surrender. They are not fighting for a just cause, their sacrifice would not be valued or remembered. twitter.com/DefenceU/statu…
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Anywhere Russians have been, these horrors are discovered. This should show the world that Russian reasons and intentions have nothing to do with border disputes, liberating people that want to be Russian. This is about committing genocide on Ukrainian people, culture, state. twitter.com/AnaCabrera/sta…
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Bravery! All of Ukraine’s sovereign land will be liberated. Russia’s sham/illegal attempts to force Ukrainians to “vote” to be Russian is recognized globally for what it is. twitter.com/myroslavapetsa…
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The Russian military in Ukraine resemble more attributes of a criminal gang than a respectable military force. Of the many things they lack (seen in their care of equipment/each other/outposts, running from fights) is discipline. MG Scholfield explains why.
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“Everybody understands and nobody regrets it for a moment,” said Antonina Kostuchenko, a retiree, whose living room is now a musty space with waterlines a foot or so up the walls.
“We saved Kyiv!” she said with pride. ❤️❤️
nytimes.com/2022/04/27/wor…
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Mariupol still stands! IMO, bombing will not cause the defenders to capitulate. Russians will have to move in (at great cost to them) to clear if they want to end the operation. #SlavaUkraini twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/…
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Civilians can't get out of Mariupol. There should be a cease fire and international oversight to help those trying to get transportation in, who can't get there because of Russian checkpoints!
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“I don’t agree the war as we are seeing it today will last for years, this war will be decided over the next couple weeks, next couple of months.” my talk with @Enrique_Acevedo on @CBSNews yesterday. youtu.be/iDiUhADvkGE
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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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100% agree. Bucha should have changed everything @ZelenskyyUa "If there is no alternative and no option [to act in response to Russia's numerous war crimes or the ability to remove them from the UN Security Council], then the next option would be dissolve yourself altogether" twitter.com/olgatokariuk/s…
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Needed! Russian offensive has begun. The time for the West (all countries) to help is today, now, not next week (that may be too late). twitter.com/JackDetsch/sta…
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Major John Spencer has claimed Putin is “absolutely losing the support” of China because they do not “want a friend who is as weak as Russia.” express.co.uk/news/world/167…
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I often get asked "how can I help Ukraine." @mriya_aid needs donors. They put needed tactical items in the hands of Ukrainians fighters on the front line. 100% of donations go to the aid, transporting, and delivering the items. I highly recommend! mriyaaid.org
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The Russian mitliary manpower situation is in chaos. Estimates of over 80,000 killed and wounded in Ukraine. This is not the first time we have heard of them offering prisoners the option to get out of jail to fight in Ukraine. twitter.com/ChuckPfarrer/s…
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I hope some of these flyers are collected and preserved for Ukrainian history. A part of a museum display. Of their victory over Russia. A real resistance to Russian occupation in sovereign Ukraine. twitter.com/vamelina/statu…
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Numbers I like to see. "Russia taking hundreds of casualties daily in Ukraine war -U.S. official" reuters.com/world/europe/r…
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Russia trying everything they can to get to the brave #Azovstal defenders. Possible white phosphorus and cluster munitions. I still have lots of hope! The defenders have many advantages. God speed to them holding. Russia losing on many fronts. #SlavaUkraini #Mariupol twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/…
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I agree. If we want the war to end sooner, we must increase military aid to include the vehicles needed to move it around the battlefield. Withholding weapons like ATACMs is also a form of appeasement - “not to escalate, not to anger Putin.” Send it @POTUS twitter.com/EliotACohen/st…
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"online. So now the Ukrainian soldiers are hearing from their president...messages that 40 nations are behind them. In Russia...there's no controlling the fact that entire units are being taken off the battlefield and their equipment doesn't work." @Salon salon.com/2022/05/10/has…
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies | Madison Policy Forum | Author of Connected Soldiers / Understanding Urban Warfare