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If anyone asked me, I would add every M40 Gas mask (older version of what we used in the US Army) in existence to the #Ukraine️ list of urgent needs (just as a precaution @ZelenskyyUa ) they protect against many chemical & biological agents. Can be purchased by anyone.
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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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Civilians in #Ukraine are running out of water because of Russia’s illegal war & sieges of cities. There are ways to make water safe to drink. Collect/melt snow/rain. Boil water found. Add 2 eye drops of bleach to a liter. Or 5 - 10 drops of iodine. Thanks @reallesstroud
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I personally don't think Russia has the ability or time to siege #Kyiv with the intent to starve or bomb it into submission. Supplies would still get in (like the 1992-96 Siege of Sarajevo) They are running out of time, losing political support in Russia & soldiers dying everyday
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.@ZelenskyyUa & #Ukriane is teaching the world what military leaders have known for centuries. Soldiers don't fight for dictators or when forced, coerced, or paid to. They fight for a cause, for their families, and for each other. Ukraine has the will & power. They will prevail.
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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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Мене звати Джон Спенсер. Я кафедра досліджень міської війни. Я воював у пеклі, яке є міською війною. Я вивчав і писав про це майже десятиліття. Я радив багатьом військовим. Це мої розпорядження для захисників міста.
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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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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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Ukraine launches website to guide militia on how to fight Russia m.jpost.com/international/…
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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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I am considering adding a basic first aid section to the "Mini-manual for the Urban Defender." Not my area of expertise per se, but all soldiers are taught/trained on basic first aid to save our fellow soldiers' lives, buy time to get the soldier to a trained medic or doctor.
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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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"the moral is to the physical as three is to one” Napoleon. The soldier's will to fight is everything in war. Russians are demoralized. Ukrainians motivated. Urban terrain is the great equalizer. Now Russians are being hunted. Putin will exhaust Russia militarily & politically.
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I dislike reporting that the illegal Russian war has transitioned to a protracted phase, even worse analogies to Russia facing an insurgency. Russia controls no city, very few "safe" areas. Ukrainians are killing Russian soldiers daily. Get more weapons, ammo in. Ukraine can win.
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Yes please @LEGO_Group I will buy one for each of my three kids, and one for me of course. Immediately!
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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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It will get down to 28 degrees tonight in Kyiv. Reports of Russian soldiers suffering frostbite. They are demoralized. Weather like this exacerbates all bad thoughts. We will see more fragging (purposely injuring their officers), slowness, & maybe mutiny. They are weak right now.
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When I was a Ranger Instructor at the US Army Ranger School, ambush was a primary lesson. 3 Types (Point, Area, Anti-Armor), 2 methods (Linear, L-shaped). Very important to pick best location & move/get there secretly. Lines of supply, moving Russians, very vulnerable to ambush.
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A great explainer on the Starstreak. " unlike infrared-guided MANPADS, the Starstreak cannot be spoofed by flares or other heat sources" Faster, more lethal, farthere reaching. thedrive.com/the-war-zone/4…
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Urban warfare is hell. Damaging cities & their populations for generations. Russian acts in Mariupol, targeting protected populations (noncombatants) & protected sites (hospitals, schools, buildings clearly holding civilians seeking refuge from the battle) are war crimes. twitter.com/Joyce_Karam/st…
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies | Madison Policy Forum | Author of Connected Soldiers / Understanding Urban Warfare