That’s their last redoubt such as it is
The nationalists are whipped in Donbass and Lubansk
We’re propping up fading resistance getting civilians killed for a fait accompli six weeks ago
On the other hand the separatists are in no mood to give much quarter to Azov after eight years of war and civilian atrocities our media ignores
Unless someone supervises a retreat and guarantees safety the separatist leaders are on record black flag
The Uke choppers taking Uke officials and military brass out a few weeks ago were shot down anyhow despite Russian army assurances of safe passage
These separatists have Russian air and arty support but they are apparently not listening when it suits them
Or could be wink wink nod nod
Who knows
Anyone who follows this realistically knows Putin has the east and will likely wait them out
If they didn’t have human shields with them they’d destroy them via flooding etc like we did at Mazaar al sharif in northern Afghanistan where we too had trouble getting northern alliance not to execute surrender taliban and al Qada
Such is civil war amd Donbass has been ugly a long time
Now it’s get back for Azov etc shelling civilians off and on for nearly a decade
Not pretty
You do understand the Azovs are not Nazis, and that the ones in Mariupol are only one company of a larger battalion, Azov-Kyiv, fighting your friendly Orc’s 42nd Division around Vilne Pole, Velyka, Novosilka & Gulyapole?