Although the operations on the Russian-Ukrainian frontline have temporarily stalled as the Russian army opened civilian evacuation channels and adjusted supplies, in general, the Russian offensive is still developing smoothly. The militiamen in the direction of Luhansk are in With the cooperation of the Russian army, they have basically captured the entire territory in northern Luzhou that was originally occupied by the Ukrainian army. Although the militias in the Donetsk direction have not yet launched large-scale operations in the North Donetsk direction, Mariu Bol 's encirclement of the Azov Battalion and other troops has been completely tightened.
However, considering that Mariupol was the second largest city in Donzhou before the war, with a population of hundreds of thousands, so although the Russian army and militia had made several fire preparations before, they did not carry out a forcible siege, but several Efforts have been made for the first time to get the civilians to evacuate first, and several negotiations and ceasefires have been conducted for this purpose; after all, if they really attack like this, then with the stubborn resistance of the extremists in the Azov Battalion, the Russian army will inevitably have to If we adopt Chechnya or Syria-style heavy firepower siege methods, the safety of civilians will naturally not be guaranteed.
This kind of goodwill has indeed been recognized by some of the armed forces defending the city. They have reached a partial agreement with the Russian army and evacuated some civilians. However, due to the problems of the Azov battalion elements, they have not been able to get much recognition. Big progress; the Russian army ceased fire for the first time two days ago and opened a corridor, and a large number of people did try to evacuate. However, the Azov Battalion directly issued a warning asking all civilians not to evacuate, otherwise they would be directly shot. In the end, the Russian army stayed Not a single civilian was able to evacuate during the precious time.
The Azov Battalion now knows very well that the Russian army will maintain sufficient restraint and scruples about civilians, and will forget about the Ukrainian army as long as they lay down their weapons. However, the Azov Battalion, as a die-hard neo-Nazi, will definitely not receive such treatment. When civilians evacuate, all kinds of heavy firepower that the Russian army has not used before, such as thermobaric bombs like TOS-1, and the high-yield aerial bombs of the Air Force, will fall on them in the next second, and then the Russian army will use heavy firepower. The armored heavy firepower cooperated with the Chechens to come in and clean house by house.
So they still want to kidnap people as hostages so that the Russian army cannot use long-range weapons to directly cover and demolish buildings, and arrange various equipment in residential areas so that the Russian army cannot move smoothly. In the past 24 hours, the Russian army There was another ceasefire, and negotiations were held with the Ukrainian army and city managers in Mariupol to withdraw people. However, because the Azov battalion laid mines on the planned civilian evacuation route in advance and shot and killed several civilians, in fact the The number of civilians evacuated was also limited.
The Azov Battalion not only dealt heavy blows to civilians, but also caused constant friction against the friendly forces defending with it. In the past two days, the 36th Brigade of the Ukrainian Army's Haibu Brigade had a very nonsensical internal dispute with the Azov Battalion. During the fighting operation, the Ukrainian Army's 36th Sea Infantry Brigade was about to be intercepted by the Russian army and retreated from the front to the city. The Azov Battalion stationed in the city regarded it as the vanguard of the East Ukrainian militia and carried out operations on the retreat route. They set up an ambush and mobilized heavy firepower to fight an ambush against the retreating Ukrainian troops. However, the Ukrainian troops who were accidentally hit by friendly fire did not clarify in time, but immediately used their firepower to attack the Asian troops. The Su camp launched a fierce counterattack, and the fierce exchange of fire between the two sides in the suburbs was caught on camera by the residents of the city. Although it is not known how they ceased fire and retreated to the city together, this kind of fighting under the siege of the enemy was unknown. The action of attacking friendly forces was really a bit embarrassing.
From one aspect, this chaos reflects that at least in the direction of Mariupol, the Ukrainians have been defeated. Even the basic ability to command large forces no longer exists, and each unit has begun to enter its own In a state of war, at the same time, as the encirclement of the Russian army and militia formed, the morale of the defenders began to be difficult to maintain. They began to panic and started fighting without any identification of friend or foe; but on the other side, we also have It is necessary to wonder whether the Azov Battalion's ambush operation was deliberate. After all, the Azov Battalion and the East Ukrainian militia have been fighting for seven or eight years. Although the Russian and Ukrainian sides have similar heavy equipment, their camouflage and other On the contrary, it is easy to identify them, so it is not impossible to say that they are not clear. The direct counterattack of the Ukrainian army shows that there is not so much friendship between them and the Azov Battalion.
Another thing can also prove that the current situation of Ukraine has completely moved towards internal strife and split under heavy pressure, that is, in just two or three days, many large-scale internal strife incidents have occurred within Ukraine. , one incident also occurred between the Ukrainian army and the National Guard Azov Battalion in Mariupol. The Azov Battalion did not obey the command of the Ukrainian army and even injured (some say killed) a senior Ukrainian army officer. Commander, the Ukrainian army then launched a retaliatory action against the Azov Battalion, using precious dot missiles to destroy a headquarters of the Azov Battalion, which can be said to have shocked the Russian army outside the encirclement for a whole year.
Before, when the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced that it had caused tens of thousands of casualties to the Russian army, we all laughed at the outrageous number. If we really wanted to annihilate tens of thousands of Russian troops, then the Ukrainian army should now counterattack into Voronezh, Instead of being surrounded by a bunch of big cities like now, nearly 200,000 Ukrainian armed forces are huddled in various cities using civilians as human shields and dare not poke their heads; but now we see that Ukraine assassinates one of its own people today, and tomorrow the Ukrainian army and citizens will The Guards clashed with each other with heavy weapons, and the day after tomorrow there was a fierce exchange of fire between the Azov battalion and the mechanized brigade. If the Ukrainian militants who were eliminated by friendly fire during this internal strife were counted as Russian soldiers, the number of enemy annihilations might really be More than 10,000; but with this ability to kill good people and take credit for their merits, the results cannot be called watered down.
Although watching the internal fighting between the Ukrainian army and the Azov Battalion seems to be a very satisfying thing, it must be said that the Azov Battalion's method of kidnapping civilians is indeed despised; I hope that Russia The army and militia can redouble their efforts, continue their previous brilliant record of wiping out multiple strongholds in the Azov Battalion, and eliminate neo-Nazis as soon as possible.
