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So basically Ukraine has soldiers willing, motivated, committed to defeating Russia in Ukraine but they still need a LOT more equipment than they have been given @KofmanMichael #ArmUkraineNow twitter.com/Volodymyr_D_/s…
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Ukrainian forces still on the offense, still pushing forward, exploiting their momentum and initiative. No rest for the Russian invaders/occupiers. twitter.com/YAmzallagh/sta…
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“John Spencer, the US Army veteran who chairs the Washington, DC-based Urban Warfare Studies, also implored world leaders to act.” You damn right I did @newyorkpost nypost.com/2022/07/29/ukr… via @nypost
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"This is our 1939 moment...the Russian military isn't a military, it is a hoard of genocidal murderers...they are terrorists, Putin is literally a terrorist with a nuclear weapon. This is a global issue, not just about Ukraine.” My full talk w/ @AliVelshi youtube.com/watch?v=1Uv4Xl…
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I really respect this act from Sean Penn. Maybe some won’t. But I see as great respect and emotion. “Hold this until Ukraine is free.” Clearly it means a lot to Sean and I can see it as him giving something important to him. #SlavaUkraini twitter.com/Gerashchenko_e…
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Russia does not have what it takes to seize Odessa. It does not have the numbers of soldiers, types of forces, or capabilities to take a defended city of that size that is using a layered defense and thousands of military, territorial defense, & civilian defenders. #urbanwarfare
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Bakhmut holds! Russian attempts to isolate the city appears to have failed and the Ukrainian defensive status remains strong even as Russia continues to invest beyond reason. twitter.com/Tendar/status/…
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U.S. DoD announces new $275 Million in Additional Assistance for Ukraine. Keep it flowing @DeptofDefense Need to add ATACMS already @POTUS
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WTF? Steven Seagal is in Ukraine, but in illegal Russian occupied areas? in #Olenivka where Russians massacred Ukrainian POWs in their care? Is he going to become the next "Hanoi Jane"? FYI, Putin gave him Russian citizenship in 2016. 🤬 twitter.com/OAlexanderDK/s…
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It is past time for the U.S., U.K, and others to designate Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. It is a fact. #RussiaTerroristState
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Impressive camouflage, disciplined, well led, motivated, cohesive team. Exact opposite of Russian “military” twitter.com/Gerashchenko_e…
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Battle of Kyiv, won. Battle of Kharkiv, won. Battle of Severodonetsk, next to be won by Ukraine. 1/3 of Russian forces lost. They will culminate - military term for no longer being able to accomplish their mission whether offense or defense. twitter.com/JackDetsch/sta…
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Time to go on record. The death of children in mass shooting is not political. Clearly what we are doing as a nation is NOT working. It is just stupid someone can buy an gun without a background check or that someone not old enough to drink can buy an assault rifle (should be 21)
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As a soldier who has frozen my butt off many a night, cold weather gear can have a huge impact. @Teoyaomiquu is a friend of mine. Support the effort if you can. twitter.com/Teoyaomiquu/st…
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Ukraine is fighting the Great War stopper. If Russia is not stopped in Ukraine they will keep going. If Russian aggression is not stopped it will change the global international order. This is our (all democracies) moment. We must do more. #ArmUkraineNow
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And of course I couldn’t visit Ukraine without spending some time with my friend and warrior @MalcolmNance
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Hard to not get emotional about my feelings for the war crimes, genocide, evil we are seeing the Russian military do to Ukrainian civilians. I speak for myself, I want nations to intervene. Now. twitter.com/VelshiMSNBC/st…
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Lyman (an important logistical hub for the Russians) has been liberated. Advance more open now to Kreminna and Svatove. Second battle of Severodonetsk to come. censor.net/en/news/337064…
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Putin attended a ceremony last week to commemorate the Soviet victory at Stalingrad #urbanwarfare Guards without their weapons, no crowds. Someone scared he’ll be taken out by his own people??
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I recently rewatched the @netflix documentary "Winter on Fire: Ukraine's Fight for Freedom." I recommend it! Especially for all the revisionist historians out there on what happened in Ukraine in 2014. There are also a few lessons in it for unarmed protesters #IranRevoIution
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Russia will run out of soldiers, I don't care what people say about the amount they can force into service. They tried to mobilize 300K, required capturing people off the street and more than 400K Russian men fled the country. twitter.com/Volodymyr_D_/s…
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Australian Bushmasters will be sent to Ukraine. "A Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicle is an armoured vehicle designed to carry and rapidly deploy up to 10 battle-ready troops." abc.net.au/news/2022-04-0…
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Strategic Failure 1 - Russia invaded Ukraine to remove the Ukrainian democratically elected government, install a Russian proxy, and erase Ukraine as a nation, its people & borders, culturally, from memory and turn it into the "Russian federation." They failed at this goal.
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Just talked to a reporter in Dnipro on why Mariupol still survives. The courage of the Ukrainians using the unique characteristics of the urban terrain to resist for all of Ukraine (they force Russians to stay there & not head north). TY to all the free press around the world.
Chair of Urban Warfare Studies | Madison Policy Forum | Author of Connected Soldiers / Understanding Urban Warfare