To the people of Mariupol, it was a refuge. To the soldiers, it was a fortress. This is the story of the battle for Azovstal, an apocalyptic siege at a sprawling steel plant where Russian brutality met Ukrainian resistance. nytimes.com/2022/07/24/wor…
For 80 days, a small group of Ukrainian soldiers, short on ammunition, food and water, kept a larger, more powerful Russian force bogged down in a quagmire that brought misery and death on both sides.
@mschwirtz Azovstal, in Mariupol, will remain a strong symbol of the birth of a Nation 🇺🇦. It will always be a 🇺🇦 victory !
@mschwirtz @antontroian Such a paean to the neo nazis of the Azov battalion. Amazing.
@mschwirtz What a story: needs a near-reality depiction by Hollywood!💯 For posterity not for entertainment: man's inhumanity to men!