Wanted it so badly. and they control most of the coastline, which is another reason they want it. and really the defenders are confined in that steel plant we re looking at right there. so, that may be a holdout. it may be admirable to watch. but militarily, the military officials i speak to now describe the situation there as dire for them. and the sad fact they be that for all intents and purposes, this is now russian territory. ask appnd the reality, of co there s the symbolism of resistance and defiance and not wanting to concede that there has been anything taken. but the reality of the idea on the ground doesn t obviously mean that ukraine has fallen. but the significance of mariupol in particular is one that i m sure will be touted by putin and conversations around it that would support the propaganda. but also the russians surrounded mariupol back on march 1st, and they ve been pounding it ever since, jim. and as we once again see these images of the mass graves and we
They still don t have plan b. they still want to surround big cities. they want to create humanitarian crises, mariupol in particular, and they want to use this as a tool to force the ukranian parliament for surrender. so any hope is on the ukranian military and on ukranian local fighting forces. a couple hours ago, one less successful operations have been occurring in kyiv.