The battle in Mariupol is entering its final stages, and allied forces such as Russian forces, Chechen forces, and local forces in Eastern Ukraine have completely encircled Ukrainian forces at the Azov steel plant, which they claim to be able to hold for 100 years.
Aerial view of the Azov Steel Works
On April 16, local time, Russia has issued an ultimatum to the Ukrainian military personnel who insisted on the Azov Steel Plant in Mariupol, but the Ukrainian side rejected this ultimatum, and the fighting continues.
Individual weapons
Tens of thousands of coalition troops besieged Mariupol, and the Ukrainian army's foreign aid was cut off, how long could it last?
At present, the eyes of the whole world are focused on the fate of the Ukrainian army at the Azov steel plant in Mariupol.
In fact, everyone knows that the ultimate fate of the Ukrainian army, which has no supplies and is surrounded by a large army to surround the Azov Steel Plant alone, is nothing more than two, either to die in battle or to surrender. But the war does not end every day, where it is always the most attractive eye.
The reason is also very simple, that is, to wonder, a small city of more than 500,000 people, how did the Russian army fight for so long, lose soldiers here, and even the Russian Black Sea flagship "Moscow" also sank here, but the Ukrainian army that is still isolated and helpless is still insisting, in the battle, is the Russian army weakened or the Ukrainian army is tenacious in fighting?
Comprehensive analysis shows that there are two main reasons why the Ukrainian army of Azov Steel Plant can persist:
First, the Azov Steel Plant is an impregnable fortress.
The Azov Steel Works has 6 floors underground, which the Soviet Union spent a lot of money to build according to the standards of defending against nuclear bombs. The underground is tens of meters deep, the underground tunnel system is intricate, the pre-stored food can persist for "7 years", there are special channels in the underground water layer, the water "will never" run out, and the water flow of the underground water layer can generate electricity, there are also dozens of electrolyzed water "oxygen generators", and the ground opening is completely blocked and can breathe freely.
Cross-sectional view of 6 underground floors
Second, the Azov battalion will fight tenaciously.
The Azov battalion was a neo-Nazi force, they had committed many crimes in Wudong, and they had an insoluble new hatred and old hatred with the local armed forces in Wudong, and there was no chance of surrender, so they had a tenacious will to fight.
Street soldiers
The Ukrainian army has the material conditions to persist, but also the will to fight, but even so, under the severance of foreign aid, under the siege of the Russian army, how long can the Ukrainian army hold out?
Nearly two months after the start of the war, Russia has suffered huge losses, and it seems that it has run out of patience, and the original light fire street battles may have to pay huge personnel sacrifices for each step forward.
On 17 April, Russians dispatched Tu-22M3 strategic bombers to attack the Mariupol Azov Steel Works, and Russians dispatched large-caliber artillery to show that the Russians had changed their mode of combat.
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Large-caliber artillery
Large-caliber artillery
War is a dynamic process of the interaction of matter and will between the enemy and us, and attack and defense, defense and attack are changing at any time, and whether we can defend is not only to guard the side, but also to look at the attacking side.
How long can the besieged and helpless Ukrainian army at the Azov steel plant in Mariupol hold out? It depends on the Russian army, which has lost patience to change the mode of operation, and their follow-up actions.