That's a genius strategic plan. In order to attack a couple of thousand territorial defense fighters in Mariupol Putin sends a big chunk of his army to die fighting around Kyiv. More Russians have died near Kyiv than the total number of Azov members.
That actually seems like Putin did the killing for Azov, and threw away hundreds of tanks, IFVs, and trucks in the process.
It's far better than shock and awe idiocy that can only work with an infinite occupation of the country.
But, you'll find out soon that Russians will be getting what they want out of this.
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