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As Russia pushes into the heart of Mariupol, Ukraine's Zelensky urges direct talks with Putin
LA Times via Yahoo ^ | March 19th, 2022 | Patrick J. McDonnell, Jenny Jarvie

Posted on 03/19/2022 2:26:15 PM PDT by Mariner

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday as Russian forces pushed deeper into the beleaguered southern port city of Mariupol, with heavy street battles shutting down a major steel plant and hampering rescue efforts.

Military skirmishes erupted across the heart of Mariupol’s city center, obstructing local efforts to rescue hundreds of people believed to be trapped in the basement of a theater struck by a bomb or missile Wednesday. Russia denied bombing the theater, which was being used to protect children.

"The city is leveled to the ground," a member of the Azov regiment that is defending Mariupol said Saturday on Telegram as tanks moved in and Russian forces continued to strike from the air.

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“Children, elderly people are dying,” Mariupol police officer Michail Vershnin said in a video as he stood amid a street filled with rubble, according to the Associated Press. “The city is destroyed and it is wiped off the face of the Earth.”
1 posted on 03/19/2022 2:26:15 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Are there images of the city leveled to the ground?


2 posted on 03/19/2022 2:33:06 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Certainly not in the article.

Neither side seems much interested in such images.


3 posted on 03/19/2022 2:34:27 PM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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a member of the Azov regiment that is defending Mariupol said Saturday

The Neo-Nazi's hometown.

4 posted on 03/19/2022 2:37:53 PM PDT by McGruff (It's America First, stupid.)
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To: Mariner

“Neither side seems much interested in such images.”

I assume that means they don’t exist because it’s not true.


5 posted on 03/19/2022 2:39:02 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Mariner

Once they lose that city to the Russians, the entire Black Sea coast will go in short order.

Then the troops from the sea come in and go up west of Kiev. This will be over in a couple of weeks.


6 posted on 03/19/2022 2:39:43 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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“I assume that means they don’t exist because it’s not true.”

It’s fair for you to assume whatever you choose.


7 posted on 03/19/2022 2:41:17 PM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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To: Vermont Lt

I hope the Ukrainian re-enact Stalingrad for the Russians. I hope every Russian dies.


8 posted on 03/19/2022 2:41:25 PM PDT by ARGLOCKGUY
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To: Mariner

Why does Zelensky have to call for talks? Why can’t he contact Putin directly and sue for peace. Zelensky is the president of his country, does he have to ask for permission as does ours?


9 posted on 03/19/2022 2:42:28 PM PDT by packagingguy
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You’re free to join up with the Ukrainian foreign legion.


10 posted on 03/19/2022 2:42:57 PM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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“Why does Zelensky have to call for talks?”

Putin will not talk to him directly.

He’ll let reality play out for a couple of more weeks.


11 posted on 03/19/2022 2:44:27 PM PDT by Mariner (War criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

“It’s fair for you to assume whatever you choose.”

Meow.


12 posted on 03/19/2022 2:45:43 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Vermont Lt

Once they lose that city to the Russians, the entire Black Sea coast will go in short order.
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True, Vlad promised to eradicate the Neo Nazi’s, and leveling their home town is one step closer to accomplishing his stated intentions. No NATO, eradicating Azov and Neo Nazi’s, then finally the Seperatists get their independence from the Ukies.
Zelensky gets rid of those rebellious provinces, Vlad pulls out.
War over.


13 posted on 03/19/2022 2:47:53 PM PDT by delta7
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I hope the Ukrainian re-enact Stalingrad for the Russians. I hope every Russian dies.
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How about you hope they negotiate and the war ends? Fact is the Ukies are done, finished, without any full scale NATO intervention. Zelensky should have negotiated weeks ago. Instead, he is promoting war, possibly a world war.


14 posted on 03/19/2022 2:51:20 PM PDT by delta7
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Once they lose that city to the Russians, the entire Black Sea coast will go in short order.

Ukraine is already conceding that they’ve “temporarily” lost all access to the Black Sea.

15 posted on 03/19/2022 2:51:28 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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Azov nazis defend the city. Nazis defended Berlin too. How’d that work out.


16 posted on 03/19/2022 2:52:23 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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I hope the Ukrainian re-enact Stalingrad for the Russians. I hope every Russian dies.

I hope every Azov Nazi dies.

For me, it’s personal.

17 posted on 03/19/2022 2:52:36 PM PDT by Drew68 (Ron DeSantis for President 2024)
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To: ARGLOCKGUY

More a re-enactment of Berlin


18 posted on 03/19/2022 2:54:24 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: delta7

“Vlad promised to eradicate the Neo Nazi’s...”

But, not his own Nazis (the Sparta Battalion).


19 posted on 03/19/2022 2:54:45 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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"a member of the Azov regiment that is defending Mariupol said Saturday

The Neo-Nazi's hometown.

And these Neo-Nazis were preventing civilians from leaving the city.

20 posted on 03/19/2022 2:54:48 PM PDT by Neanderthal (Let's go, Brandon!)
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