As you said, for about 56 days. so even though russia may take the city, nominally, in the near term, this is a disaster for russia, to have been really paid the cost to take the city, it s going to turn mariupol into their form of the alamo. increasing the ukrainians will to fight, especially when you hear from the commander inside that steel plant saying, we are going to fight to the last man. near the port, near the borders of russia, close to resupply lines in crimea, take a look at that as a strategic blow for russia, not a victory. so ambassador evil adult oh, earlier today michael mcfaul talked about what it would mean if putin was able to capture mariupol. here is what he said. if he has that whole place, that has giant negative financial implications for ukraine, and for the global economy.
For russia, to have been really paid the cost to take the city, it s going to turn mariupol into their form of the alamo. increasing the ukrainians will to fight, especially when you hear from the commander inside that steel plant saying, we are going to fight to the last man. near the port, near the borders of russia, close to resupply lines in crimea, take a look at that as a strategic blow for russia, not a victory. so ambassador evil adult oh, earlier today michael mcfaul talked about what it would mean if putin was able to capture mariupol. here is what he said. if he has that whole place, that has giant negative financial implications for ukraine, and for the global economy. explain to us those negative implications. well, i mean, mariupol is a port, and lots of very