The fighting of the Russian army in Mariupol has not stopped, but it has not been attacking with all its might. A series of recent events have taken place, allowing people to see the true purpose of the Russian army: that is, to eliminate the Ukrainian army in the field and let the trapped big fish reveal their identities.
The Azovstal plant is an important stronghold of the Ukrainian army, but now it is surrounded by Russian troops. The news from the steel mill is very confusing, and there are several aspects:
First, the Russian army once used the Tu-22 strategic bomber to launch ground-penetrating bombs, which can cause a 60-meter-deep crater at one time, which has a strong destructive power for the 6-storey underground fortifications, but the Russian army did not continue to bomb;
Second, Chechen forces say that the complete capture of an underground fortification will cost the lives of 180 soldiers;
Third, the besieged Ukrainian army is crying that it lacks food and medicine and is about to be unable to hold on, while asking for **, and wants to fight to the death with the Russian army;
Fourth, the Russian army besieging the steel mill is constantly opening humanitarian passages to let out the besieged civilians and the Ukrainian army who want to surrender;
Fifth, the besieged Ukrainian army claimed to have civilians as hostages in its hands and demanded to be transferred to a third country;
Sixth, the Russian army once again agreed to negotiate with Ukraine on the opening of humanitarian corridors;
Seventh, the total number of besieged Ukrainian troops is about 2,500,300 people, of which nearly 1,000 are foreign mercenaries. Whether there are big fish or not, you can guess for yourself.
Obviously, the besieged Ukrainian army is constantly transmitting information to the outside world, but it is difficult to distinguish the truth from the false. And the Russian army looked a little hesitant and seemed to be waiting for something.
During a visit to Kyiv, the US Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense announced an additional $800 million in military aid to Ukraine. Among the aids are 11 Mi-17s***, which are Russian-made and imported from Russia. This makes Russia very unhappy.
The Russian army has just shot down a cargo plane transporting Western ** in Odessa, and it has also destroyed many warehouses and transit stations where Western ** ammunition is stored with missiles in the Ussi region. While the Russian army is striking at the West**, it is also preventing the reinforcement of the Ukrainian army.
The Ukrainian army began to forcibly reinforce Mariupol in recent days, but the reinforcement convoy that operated at night was discovered by the Russian army and besieged, losing more than 150 people at one time.
Why did the Ukrainian army risk dying to reinforce Mariupol, in no way to save those hundreds of members of the Azov battalion. But because they have pressure from the West to try to avoid the remnants of the Azovstal steel plant being "dumplings" by the Russian army. And the purpose of the Russian army is to encircle the point and send reinforcements, so that the besieged big fish have nowhere to escape.