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This is so frustrating to see. The horrors inflicted on the people of #Bucha I was there just two days ago. The people still ready to fight. They have suffered so much. We (the West) must arm the Ukrainian military with what they need (MLRS, Artillery, ammo, armor, trucks) now! twitter.com/AP/status/1536…
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I will take so much from visiting #Kyiv The beauty and resilience of the people. A national identity of fighting for freedom. A complex feeling of seeing them at war, scars of their resistance everywhere, but also wanting to be without fear — to laugh, love, and live. @lapatina_
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Sad to hear of Roman’s passing. He was a regular with us @walter_report sharing his valuable time to talk to us. What a hero. RIP brother. twitter.com/ngumenyuk/stat…
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I was in Bucha on Saturday spending time with the Bucha community defenders. They have suffered as a community and people, but they remain ready and constantly preparing to continue to fight. A feeling I felt everywhere I visited in Ukraine with @LiamSCollins #Bucha
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I 100% agree. NATO and UN should have directly intervened after Bucha. They should intervene to relieve the Ukraine ports so Ukraine food supplies can get to the world. Never again has to mean something. twitter.com/KyivPost/statu…
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During my visit to Bucha on Saturday we walked the ground and discussed the events behind the photo. Incredible accomplishment by Ukraine early in the Battle of Kyiv. Use of restrictive terrain. Close ambush. ATGMs, Artillery, irregular forces. Trapped Russians. #SlavaUkraini
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"This stuff [weapons] needed to be there 2 months ago...No, it's [$1 billion] not enough, it's enough when we get to a point where Ukraine says 'ok I have so much I can't field it'...they're not getting it fast enough and they don't have enough of it" ... My talk w/ @BBCWorld TV.
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My "Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender" in Ukrainian continuing to be distributed by @nash_format to Army forces in Eastern Ukraine. Now that I've visited territorial & army forces in Kyiv, I have lots of ideas on what to add. Digital still available here: johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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100% agree, don't ask Russians to open the ports. Demand it and do it. twitter.com/michalrachon/s…
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So what do I think about the American POWs in Ukraine?
1) They were members of the Ukraine Army & must be treated humanely & according to the laws of war.
2) They are American citizens & we should use all forms of U.S. national power to demand/obtain their immediate release.
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Music in war. As old as war itself. I used music in my own combat tours in Iraq. To calm my mind. Music can motivate, heal, soothe and lift morale. I felt the will to fight, to fight to be free in every Ukrainian I met in Ukraine last week. twitter.com/Gerashchenko_e…
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The Arsenal of Democracy is failing. Not enough or fast enough. Until every Ukrainian fighter has NATO quality helmet, body armor, night vision, weapon and fire support (mortars, artillery, rockets) and enough protected vehicles to move around the battlefield, we are failing them
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Legends. #Mariupol #Azovstal Interesting to see what was being brought in and what was being taken out. Warriors! twitter.com/UAWeapons/stat…
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Russia has already lost in Ukraine. It failed to overthrow Ukraine’s democracy. It showed the world that their military is weak in major aspects of warfighting. Not the powerful military all thought it had become. It will take generations to recover from its strategic failures.
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And now Russia is just a terrorist state with a nuclear weapon. A bully trying to upset the global international order. A butcher committing genocide in Ukraine.
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I saw scars of Russian war crimes everywhere. This school in Bohdanivka (near Kyiv) was occupied & then destroyed, booby trapped as they retreated. It’s also near where a Russian soldier (preliminary hearing in Ukraine today) repeatedly raped a woman after killing her husband.
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Keep it flowing. Weapons for Ukraine. They need it all and then some. twitter.com/DanLamothe/sta…
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I saw de-miners hard at work last week in the Kyiv area. Russians placed mines in place with no military purpose. Estimates that it will take 10 years to fully undue what Russia did just out of hate. More war crimes. twitter.com/KyivIndependen…
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We should line the halls of the upcoming @NATO summit with photos from Bucha. I want to see bold action from them next week. To include @POTUS Not just tough words, bold and immediate action. Ukraine is having to withdrawal in places because they are outgunned. That is wrong. twitter.com/DefenceU/statu…
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90% of a city of 100,000 destroyed is not a strategy, it's Russians using war crimes as a method of warfare. Russians didn't change their tactics, they implemented their doctrine which calls for heavy artillery in advance of troops. #ArmUkraineNow reuters.com/world/europe/r…
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If this was HIMARS, it only proves the Ukrainians need more. A strike 60km behind the front line to hit Russian command posts, including where a 3-star Russian general. We were wrong to delay MLRS this long, we must correct that mistake @POTUS @NATO twitter.com/LanguageIearne…
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I have always been hesitant to use the term urbicide (the intentional destruction of cities) but that has clearly been the Russian way. Their attempt to destroy Ukrainian culture and people. A win of their genocide. twitter.com/IAPonomarenko/…
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Russian attacks on Kyiv (on a kindergarten and civilian apartment building, kids injured) is yet another sign that Russia will follow no Laws of War/LOAC/IHL and that their precision guided munitions supply is in despair, runout. It is past time for @NATO to do more. #NATOSummit twitter.com/DefenceU/statu…
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Very impressed by @vonderleyen comments about the G7 summit, unflinching support for Ukraine for as long as it takes. When I was in Ukraine recently. On madian square. There she was! Crazy coincidence. Highly recommend watching her @CNN interview: youtu.be/DOlGEcDKnhA
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My apologies for a delayed public response to #SCOTUS decision to overturn Roe v Wade. I've travelled the world. I've seen countries where women are not equal in society. It is disgusting. No government should be able to tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her body.
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies | Madison Policy Forum | Author of Connected Soldiers / Understanding Urban Warfare