Will Mariupol fall before 9 May?

Will Putin capture Mariupol on time?


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What do you think, will Russian forces manage to capture Mariupol before Putin's Victory Parade (9 May)?

Place your bets and vote. I hope that Mariupol will hold at least until 10/11 May, just to ruin Putin's day...
 
Is there any way to reinforce Mariupol ???

Maybe Ukrainians could drop some paratroopers inside the city to strengthen the defence.
 
Is there any way to reinforce Mariupol ???

Maybe Ukrainians could drop some paratroopers inside the city to strengthen the defence.

Why would the Ukrainian army send paratroopers into a encircled City? That would be a suicide mission. Mariupol will probably fall in the next weeks but that's only a minor victory for Putin. I don't think Russian forces will win the coming Battle in the Donbas Region. This is already a war which Russia lost.
 
This is already a war which Russia lost.

Yes Russia suffered a strategic defeat, but they have won some tactical victories.

If Ukrainians want to win the war, they need to recapture the Azov Sea coast.

Russians have already captured a land bridge to Crimea, and most of Donbas.

They have captured enough land for Russian propaganda to announce "victory".

This is why Mariupol is important: Russians can't claim victory without Mariupol.
 
 
Marines from 36th brigade break through to Azov fighters, defenders of Mariupol strengthen defense area:

https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/823753.html

"Units of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade, defending Mariupol, besieged by Russian invaders, broke through to join forces with the Azov Regiment, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Arestovych said.


"In Mariupol, units of the 36th Marine Brigade, as a result of a complex and very risky maneuver, broke through to connect with the Azov regiment, which professionally provided this event," Arestovych wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.


He said that the results of the breakthrough are that Azov received significant reinforcements, the 36th brigade avoided defeat in parts and received additional serious opportunities, "actually gained a second chance", the defenders of the city, now together, seriously strengthened their defense area.


"In general, the city?s defense system has grown and strengthened. This is what happens when officers do not lose their temper, but firmly maintain control of the troops. Let's not lose ours'. The army knows what it is doing," Arestovych said."
 
Putin has ordered to stop the assault and instead just encircle the defenders and wait.

The chance that they will be able to survive until 9 May has increased thanks to this.
 
Poll is closed, Mariupol still fighting.
 

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