Sergeant jason beardsley about the battle of mariupol. russia will hope to seize this city much like they tried in kyiv and to occupy it in quick form. that would have allowed them to flex those russian troops and supplies north to advance their line. this mariupol, it s on the port, very close to the south, has no deep penetration into the luhansk or doe netsing region, so it is not a key strategic victory for putin, but more importantly, he s lost troops there, he s lost time, he s lost momentum, and for the ukrainians, this is about spirit, about will, as you mentioned, watching what happens in bucha. they have no incentive to give up. i thought what zelenskyy did was terrific. he s got to make at least ovations to do a diplomatic sort of sbree ti, but vladimir putin is going to try to run this out. but what he said was really face-saving theater because this whole campaign has gone south