a minute agoPutin spoke of everything, but he avoided one word
Periskopi(4 years ago)
(4 years ago)The word missing from Putin's speech was Maritupolis. The city of particular importance for Russia has faced the fiercest fighting in this war, as well as another symbol of Ukrainian resistance against invading forces, writes the BBC, records Periscopi. The final battle for the city is under way in the steel factory [...]
The final battle for the city is under way at the Azovstal steel factory, where Ukrainian fighters are confined to tunnels and bunkers surrounded by Russian troops.
In a post in Telegram, an adviser to the town's mayor said Russian forces have begun attacks on plantations following the ban on a humanitarian convoy carrying the rest of civilians from the centre, a claim that has not been independently verified.
On Sunday, an extraordinary conference by the complex bunker, two fighters pledged to continue fighting, saying they would not surrender.
We won't have a high chance to survive if we get caught. Basically, we're dead men. Most of us know that. That's because we're struggling fearlessly”, one of them said.
The capture of Marioupolis would enable Russia to create a land bridge between the eastern area of Donetsk and Luhansk, part of which were controlled by Russian-backed separatists before the invasion of the Crimea province, occupied and anchored by Russia in 2014. /Periscopi/.
