🔴Though Azov regiment’s evacuation fulfils one of Putin’s war aims, lessons from Napoleonic history suggest the siege may benefit Ukraine
The defence of Azovstal and Mariupol will be added to the list of history’s most bitterly fought, painful sieges.The Ukrainian government and military are insisting that the defenders of Azovstal succeeded in tying down Russian forces that could have been used elsewhere.
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