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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts) Sat Apr 23, 2022, 05:35 AM Apr 2022

Inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol:

Link to tweet

I don't have to say anything.

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Inside the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol: (Original Post) Tomconroy Apr 2022 OP

They may be running low on supplies . . . Lovie777 Apr 2022 #1

Putin is afraid to storm the plant. He thinks Emile Apr 2022 #2

He would lose A LOT of troops that way... druidity33 Apr 2022 #3

Lovie777

(12,218 posts)

1. They may be running low on supplies . . .

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 07:01 AM

Apr 2022

but there could be many "secret" outlets which UA and Azov can use and RF doesn't have enough killers to cover all. Here's believing that there are still sneak attacks against the remaining killers and therefore reducing their numbers.

Mariupol has not falling completely yet.

Emile

(22,480 posts)

2. Putin is afraid to storm the plant. He thinks

Reply to Tomconroy (Original post)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 07:06 AM

Apr 2022

it could be a trap.

druidity33

(6,444 posts)

3. He would lose A LOT of troops that way...

Reply to Emile (Reply #2)

Sat Apr 23, 2022, 07:14 AM

Apr 2022

this is the right tactical move for Putin. Starve them out. If he tried "bunker busters" on this complex, he would face even greater opprobrium worldwide. Tactical nukes would cross the line as well. If he didn't seem to have such a need for "decisive" victories, i might believe the Russians have begun to get smarter... but i don't think Putin will wait long before he acts.

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