THE BATTLE FOR MARIUPOL IS HEATING UP (South Front)

Mop up operations are still ongoing in the city of Mariupol. The Russian military and the armed forces of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) continue to corner the remaining troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) and the Azov nationalists in the key port city.

As of April 7, out of 14 000 soldiers of the AFU, including servicemen of the Azov regiment, besieged in Mariupol a month ago, around three thousand are still fighting. The center of the city and almost all administrative buildings have come under the control of Russian and DPR troops.



More accurate than the mainstream coverage but biased towards Russia. NATO officers may be trapped in Mariupol.

[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, April 11, 2022.]