(#4805) The Ukrainian push to take back Mariupol

      As Russian forces are being pushed out of cities they had previously invaded the task that is coming is the liberation of the city of Mariupol. Currently Mariupol is being surrounded by Russian forces while putin continues to bomb the city. Estimates are that once Ukraine consolidates its forces from current smaller city liberations the battle plan will be to engage the Russians and liberate Mariupol. There have been ongoing peace talks, with Ukraine the only serious partner so anything that may be floated as a cessation of fighting is just wishful thinking. What must happen instead is the continuing push by Ukrainian troops toward the eastern part of the country and the retaking of the entire eastern half of Ukraine.
     With the will to do it and the munitions being provided by the west the inevitability of success for Ukraine to reunite its sovereign territory away from putin is the final goal. I have little doubt now that in any conventional war the Ukrainians are mastering the Russians. With low to no morale for fighting this war the Russian troops are doomed to die or being captured. Even some of the captured Russian troops are now fighting against their previous comrades. This reckless putin invasion was based upon a lie and the captured Russian troops are deciding that putin is wrong and he is the real enemy. With courage in the eyes of Ukrainian fighters against the fear in the eyes of the Russian cannon fodder, this invasion is about to become a slaughter field of putin's own inept design.
     Soon, even as soon as within a week the Ukrainian forces should be consolidation and making their push to shove the Russian army back into Russian territory and beyond. What putin has done is reawaken a fighting spirit in the Ukrainian people that he condescended to initially. Now it will be putin who is under the thumb of Ukraine and little do I expect him to remove himself from under it. The days of putin are coming to an end and for that we can all take some relief. What becomes of Russia post putin is unknown at the moment but I suspect that Russia will look more like a democracy. Here is wishing the Ukrainian people nothing but success and they have al my admiration.