” It’s just amazing that Mariupol has held on for so long, given the way it’s right across the border from Russia.”
Mariupol is in the hands of the Ruskies now. The Donbas Nazis are surrounded and being choked off. As soon as the Donbas falls, it’s all over. The Uke thugs might want to find one of those humanitarian corridors while they can.
The Russians announced two surrender deadlines that were both spurned. The Ukrainians won’t surrender, and the heavy losses the Russians have taken there have caused them to call in troops from around Kherson, weakening those positions.