In Gardens of Stone, one of my favorite military films, the screenwriter gets about everything right except one line. He has a senior NCO say that a man “won” the Medal of Honor. I’ve met several recipients of the MOH and they despise that phrase for the simple reason it’s not a contest. The Medal is awarded, it can be received, but never “won.” A soldier like David Bellavia knows that. He also knows the price Russian forces are going to pay in house to house fighting in Ukraine’s cities.

FNC: “An Army veteran who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism in Iraq broke down Thursday on ‘Fox & Friends’ why urban warfare will be difficult in Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.

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Retired Army Staff Sgt. David Bellavia said the invasion has not gone well for Vladimir Putin so far and may get worse as the fighting moves to more urban areas.”

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“This is a humiliation. This is allegedly a world power that has top five military in the world. And look, for the outnumbered aspect that Russia has with material, technology and true power, why you would want to then take that into a house-to-house situation where it nullifies all that technology?” Bellavia told press.

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He said “home-field advantage is going to go to the defender” as the war goes on. “You put a machine gun behind the door, I don’t care if you are SEAL Team 6 or Marvel ‘Avengers,’ you are going to get shot. To me, it makes no sense from a tactical level why Putin would want to attempt this.

“Just thinking about your own home, right? You know where everything is. You have lived there for years.” An invader wouldn’t know and would pay for his ignorance. As for urban combat for the aggressors? “It’s physically exhausting. Emotionally and spiritually exhausting. And dangerous as all get out. You don’t have to be skilled to shoot at someone going through a door,” said Bellavia, who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery in saving fellow soldiers in Fallujah, Iraq.

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Ukrainian Defense Minister Olensiy Reznikov told media that Ukranians are ready for Ivan. “More than 140,000 Ukrainians, mostly men, have returned from Europe,” Reznikov wrote Monday. “Tens of thousands joined the Territorial Defense Forces. Of course, there are those who run away. But the whole world sees the Ukrainian people fighting for their country.”