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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine: Donetsk bridges blown up to halt access to rebel-held city [View all]JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Give the locals reason to expect lenient treatment, and they will help remove them for you before long.
Do you mean that the locals will help remove the Russia supporters?
Not only is the terrain flat, but it is only 1 hour and 41 minutes from Mariupol in the South on the Sea of Azov.
The Sea of Azov already has some military history during the Crimean War.
Another major military campaign on the Sea of Azov took place during the Crimean War of 185356. A naval and ground campaign pitting the allied navies of Britain and France against Russia took place between May and November 1855. The British and French forces besieged Taganrog, aiming to disrupt Russian supplies to Crimea. Capturing Taganrog would also result in an attack on Rostov, which was a strategic city for Russian support of their Caucasian operations. On 12 May 1855, the allied forces easily captured Kerch and gained access to the Sea of Azov, and on 22 May they attacked Taganrog. The attack failed and was followed by a siege. Despite the vast superiority of the allied forces (about 16,000 soldiers against fewer than 2,000), the city withstood all attempts to capture it, which ended around August 1855 with the retreat of the allied army. Individual coastal attacks continued without success and ceased in October 1855.[14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Azov
The whole controversy may be about Russia's access to Turkey, the Mediterranean and Syria via the Black Sea. Doesn't seem to make sense, but i wonder about that. Russia wants more influence in the Middle East, I think.l They might want to put pressure on Turkey somehow. I don't know that much about the politics of that area, but looking at the map makes me ask questions.