The brutal siege of Mariupol: sign of plan B for ‘exhausted’ Russia?
Putin seems to be refocusing his military campaign and shifting to more limited immediate goals
22 March 2022 - 21:50
Russia is refocusing its military campaign in Ukraine on the east and above all the port city of Mariupol, in a drive to seize territories at the heart of what may become a narrower set of war aims for President Vladimir Putin. ..
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