Posted on 05/09/2022 3:29:56 AM PDT by GonzoII
Despite weeks of ceaseless attacks from the air, the ground and recently inside, Ukrainian forces say they still control most of the sprawling Azovstal steel plant.And they plan to fight until there are no defenders left.
But with food, water and ammunition supplies dwindling, holding out is getting more difficult every day, Bohdan Krotevych, a major in the National Guard of Ukraine and chief of staff of the Azov Regiment, told The War Zone in an exclusive interview from inside the steel plant conducted over social media messaging apps.
“We are still struggling,” Krotevych, chief of staff to the commander of the Azov Regiment, told The War Zone Sunday afternoon eastern time.
Defending Azovstal, the last bastion of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol, is becoming increasingly difficult because Russia keeps sending its troops into the industrial hellscape.
Though the vast plant was designed to withstand a nearby nuclear bomb strike, and the constant bombardment has created a lot of rubble that helps defenders, which is making a difference, Krotevych said.
“The enemy bears losses and continues to [send] fresh reserves here. These are battles in metallurgical shops, on short distances from 15 to 200 meters.” ….snip “A staff member at Azovstal betrayed Ukraine and told Russians about underground tunnels that lead to the plant,” he wrote Wednesday. “That's why they launched their attack yesterday and currently the Russians are trying to force their way onto Azovstal territory.”....
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sure will be nice when this azov Nazi will finally STFU.
Not much of a plan.
Are you a pilot, or did you have someone else in mind?
Russia is not our enemy. Maybe yours?
Any country that has a military posture against us, especially involving nukes, is an enemy.
Everyone I don’t like is a Nazi.
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“Even actual Nazis. Okay, great, at least you are honest.”
In WWII we allied with one of the greatest mass murderers in history, Stalin, in order to defeat another one of the greatest mass murderers in history. Should we not have done that? That’s the same Stalin who ordered the mass starvation of several million Ukrainians, btw.
In Viet Nam we allied with a corrupt regime in order to defeat an even worse Communist regime. Should we not have done that?
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Yep, the putards seem to not grasp that concept. Everything is binary to them. Thank God they were not in charge during WWII.
"We are the Fighting Ukruk-Hai!!"
Every time the Russians shell the plant?
Last I heard Putin said he wasn’t going to waste one more Russian soldier’s life rooting those godforsaken Nazis out. Let them rot in that plant temporarily. Its not like he doesn’t know where they are.
No, the enemy of your enemy is your enemy also. If you don’t believe it, turn your back on him. one of the last things you will feel is something pierce your back. It might be pointed sharp and hard. Or it may be round and fast. You may hear the boom and you could feel the ground when your body hits it. But that is iffy. Lots of people have learned that the hard way. A few benefitted. For most that was the last thing they learned in this World.
It’s called realpolitik. I don’t like the Ukrainian government any more than I like the Russian government. But this invasion can not be allowed to stand.
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Not allowed to stand by whom? And why?
“Not allowed to stand by whom.”
The Ukrainians, silly.
“And why.”
Because we don’t want a repeat of 1939, silly.
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Correct. This is the uke's problem, not ours.
Because we don’t want a repeat of 1939, silly.
Nah, you're repeating the mistakes of 1914 instead, silly.
All Putin wants is Ukraine. Then Estonia, Latvia, and half of Poland.
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Maybe, but they are already NATO now. Different story altogether. Besides, the neocons assure me that an old woman with a jar of pickles just took out a complete convoy of russian tanks, so I doubt pooter has the ability to take on anything else. He already gave up on Kiow.
“Maybe, but they are already NATO now.”
He’s come right out and said it. Maybe you should listen.
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Appropriately graphic
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