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Remember the Azovstal!  A city that was supposed to fall in a matter of days (maybe weeks), held out for 80 days, diverting valuable Russian resources from elsewhere.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/hannaliubakova/status/1526312579144028161?s=21&t=icC6KfUSvWOrGkc4nr7n_Q[/tweet]

Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive.

BC

He can even make surrendering sound good.  I tip my hat to the troops who defended Mariupol for 80+ days, and I acknowledge we had no basis to expect a better result, but Ukraine's loss of Mariupol still is a bitter pill.

Edit: As I anticipated, the ISW daily summary treats the surrender as a victory, focusing on the bloodthirsty Russian bloggers who are upset the Russian army did not annihilate the remaining Ukrainian troops in the steel plant instead of accepting a negotiated surrender.

[TrumpCard]

Remember the Azovstal!  A city that was supposed to fall in a matter of days (maybe weeks), held out for 80 days, diverting valuable Russian resources from elsewhere.

[tweet]https://twitter.com/hannaliubakova/status/1526312579144028161?s=21&t=icC6KfUSvWOrGkc4nr7n_Q[/tweet]

Ukraine needs Ukrainian heroes alive.

BC

He can even make surrendering sound good.  I tip my hat to the troops who defended Mariupol for 80+ days, and I acknowledge we had no basis to expect a better result, but Ukraine's loss of Mariupol still is a bitter pill.

Edit: As I anticipated, the ISW daily summary treats the surrender as a victory, focusing on the bloodthirsty Russian bloggers who are upset the Russian army did not annihilate the remaining Ukrainian troops in the steel plant instead of accepting a negotiated surrender.