"Thanks to the defenders of Mariupol, Ukraine gained critically important time,” she [Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar] said. “And they fulfilled all their tasks. But it is impossible to unblock Azovstal by military means.”
Last I heard, the brave Ukrainian fighters had pushed the Russia army back to the Russian border.
This is very strange wording from this journalist.
Why are they using the word “evacuate” instead of surrender?
These are all military troops who are surrendering and are now prisoners of war in Russian controlled territory.
Some of them may face criminal trials for war crimes.
Some evacuation!
In other words, the remnants of the Ukie force at Mariupol have just surrendered. Funny thing, those guys were the best the Ukies had. Look for mass surrender of the entire Ukie military within a couple of weeks, might have something to do with their officers fleeing and leaving them to their own devices on the field...
FROM THE FRANCE NEWS FEED: The European Commission has explained how EU companies can pay for Russian gas without breaching the bloc’s sanctions against Russia, in an updated guidance on the issue seen by Reuters.
The Commission told countries last month that European companies may be able to pay for Russian gas but only if they followed certain conditions, after Russia demanded foreign buyers start paying for gas in roubles or risk losing their supply.
In updated guidance, shared with EU countries on Friday, the Commission confirmed its previous advice that EU sanctions do not prevent companies from opening an account at a designated bank, and companies can pay for Russian gas – so long as they do so in the currency agreed in their existing contracts and declare the transaction completed when that currency is paid.
Nearly all of the supply contracts EU companies have with Russian gas giant Gazprom are in euros or dollars.
That doesn't make sense, unless the Ukraine military did not rescue 260 fighters, but rather Russian military did the saving/evacuation.
But that can't be the case, because Putin/Russia are bloodthirsty villains.
So, explain to me how this article even makes sense, no matter how you slice & dice it.
per DM - “the attack on Mariupol has failed”
so how long has it been since the Russians have eaten?
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surrender by any other name still smells the same as Snakespear would say.
Wait, I thought they were forcing the Russkies out?
I always thought if troops are evacuated, they return to their own bases, you know, like what happened in Dunkirk. If you evacuate to enemy-controlled facilities, that is called being captured.
Evacuate? They surrendered, you idiot.
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