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Humbled to hear from my friend @MalcolmNance fighting with the International Legion of Territorial Defense of Ukraine, that the “Mini-manual for the Urban Defender” is still of value and circulating in Ukraine. #SlavaUkraini johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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"The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards."
- Sir William Francis Butler in Charles George Gordon
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Mariupol still stands! April 23. #SlavaUkraini twitter.com/TheStudyofWar/…
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"The Russians are still attacking it [Mariupol] now, but they want to shift their forces north in this feeble attempt to claim the Donbas, but those fighters are still fighting, it's not over, all hope is not lost." my talk with @IsaCNN last night on @cnni #UkraineRussianWar
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Chairman of Joint Chief of Staff @CNN powerful words. “What’s at stake here is the global international order” he says we created post 1945 to prevent great powers against smaller nations “if Russia is allowed to get away with this, we will see great instability in the world”
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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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“When the U.S. military-industrial complex and our manufacturing power backs a country with an endless supply of things like trucks or ammunition, just like it did during World War II, that is a game-changer…” said John Spencer @nationaljournal nationaljournal.com/s/717355/lend-…
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There is no greater love. It does not matter how many times I see videos like these, they always get me. #SlavaUkraini twitter.com/ukraine_world/…
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"more than 500 thousand Ukrainians, including 121,000 children were forcibly transferred to russia’s territory. Such actions of the Russian invaders can be qualified as kidnapping and require a resolute response by the international community..." Ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya
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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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Just a reminder this happened two days ago. I think it’ll be remembered as the high water mark, the moment the free world decided bullies like Putin can’t be allowed. He gets stopped now, in Ukraine & never again is able to invade a sovereign, free nation. They get weaker daily.
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Yes! He deserves the cover of all magazines. An amazing example of true leadership! twitter.com/TIME/status/15…
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“The cost of this fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen. We either back Ukrainian people as they defend their country, or we stand by as the Russians continue their atrocities and aggression in Ukraine.” @POTUS
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The list remains (start at 1:20) “We need…artillery 155mm; artillery shells 152mm...; Multiple Launch Rocket Systems – Grad, Smerch, M142 HIMARS; armored vehicles APC, infantry fighting vehicles; Tanks T-72 or similar; Air Defense Systems S-300s, BUK; military aircrafts." twitter.com/ZelenskyyUa/st…
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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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Mariupol still stands! April 28. #SlavaUkraini twitter.com/JominiW/status…
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“How a Twitter Space Helped Fight Russia” check out my latest @WarInstitute podcast episode with @walterlekh about the @walter_report mwi.usma.edu/social-media-a…
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Russia has lost their illegal War (battles still to be fought) in Ukraine. Russia becomes weaker as a nation everyday they stay in Ukraine. Russia has shown the world that they're not one of the top militaries in the world. The Russian people should demand their sons be sent home
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"International Legion for the Territorial Defense of Ukraine is a branch of the Ukrainian army. We are an organized combat element with contracts signed by the Ukrainian army...if a brigade...need more...they will get a legion unit to give them more manpower." @MalcolmNance 💪 twitter.com/michaelharriot…
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Received more news that my "Mini-Manual for the Urban Defender" continues to be printed & used in Ukraine. Humbled to have played a small role in helping the brave people fighting for Ukraine, Europe, the free world. There is much more I want to put in it. johnspenceronline.com/urban-warfare
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There are so many great organizations around the world rallying to help Ukraine. I donate to @mriya_aid because I trust the people running it. 100% of the donations go to the aid (no overhead, very rare). I can see the drones, night vision goggles, body armor reaching the front! twitter.com/MriyaAid/statu…
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Put political party aside, Tucker Carlson is a cancer. Same guy who said “Why shouldn’t I root for Russia, which I am? It’s not un-American to support Putin; Unless Vladimir Putin has personally had you…your family…murdered, you really don’t have any right to criticize the guy” twitter.com/nickconfessore…
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Rain of fire on the Orcs. Izyum key terrain in the right for the Donbas. twitter.com/RALee85/status…
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You are not going to find a better visualization of the situation on the ground in #UkraineRussianWar 👇 twitter.com/JominiW/status…
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies | Madison Policy Forum | Author of Connected Soldiers / Understanding Urban Warfare