In Mariupol

at

This afternoon.

Mariupol, Ukraine.

Via NBC:

Civilian evacuations from the Azovstal steel plant and surrounding areas in the Russia-occupied city of Mariupol continued Thursday night into Friday, with U.N. Secretary General António Guterres announcing the safe passage of almost 500 people.

Russia has continued to strike the massive steel plant, where civilians and a group of soldiers have been barricaded since mid-April. Ukraine said Wednesday it lost contact with the troops amid heavy fighting.

“Russia continues its offensive in eastern Ukraine, where local officials have said civilian centers are still the target of strikes. U.S. and EU support continues to enter the country, and intelligence sharing continues to be a focus after NBC News reported Thursday that information shared by the U.S. helped Ukraine to sink the Russian cruiser Moskva.

Russia-Ukraine war live updates: Azovstal evacuations continue, U.S. intel aided attack on Russian ship (NBC)

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21 thoughts on “In Mariupol

    1. Kin

      It’s not going to be long now
      It’s time the UN went in and brought out all the civilians except any male over 18
      I am sure the Russians would agree to that but Kiev will not
      Nothing can be proved by more loss of civillian life

      1. Kin

        Now hopefully every child old and women are out of that hell hole
        And the final battle can happen and peace might become a reality after the blood letting stops

        This war should never of happened but it did
        The west and zelensky knew eacttly what the were dealing with
        A monster
        So why did they keep pushing that monster ?
        Innocents have died and many lives have been destroyed from this war
        Politicians need to be held account
        Not just the monster but those who prodded and poked him until he reacted
        And with all the intelligence departments and experts they never realised what they were dealing with
        And the rest of us who sleep in our beds are paying a heavy price as we are gouged by industry and make no mistake every bullet used every bomb used every refugee that needs care has a cost that will be bourne by our taxes and put onto future generations of our children to pay

  1. Broadbag

    Ex-Nato guy captured. Info from 2 days ago but not picked up since by any vaguely reliable news source or paraded by Russians for propaganda purposes, posted by anti-Nato Twitter guy… ok.

      1. Nigel

        Ooof. Do you follow these people yourself or get your links from somewhere in particular?

      2. Broadbag

        Fair enough Bodger, I was just shocked and disappointed it wasn’t the infamous Cloutier… but he’s deffo in there, along with Lord Lucan, Shergar and D.B. Cooper.

    1. Fearganainm

      If he only entered Ukraine recently it would have taken some effort to get inside the Russian ring of steel that’s been surrounding Mariupol for some considerable time now.

      https://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/retired-canadian-general-under-police-investigation-for-alleged-sexual-misconduct-is-now-in-ukraine

      “…Several Russian-language media outlets, including avia.pro, write that Cadieu’s capture has not been confirmed by the Russian Ministry of Defense and, therefore, the information is not credible yet…”

      https://mythdetector.ge/en/where-is-the-canadian-general-and-does-the-photo-of-avia-pro-depict-his-capture/

  2. john f

    And you can be damn well sure, there are many more “retired” NATO personnel on the ground in the Ukraine. It’s hard to definitively back up, but I suspect that a lot of the high profile Russian losses came from experienced NATO soldiers.
    It could turn into an even bigger war if NATO and Russia lock horns, with NATO countries overtly supplying heavy weaponry that is more likely. Realistically, we would contribute absolutely nothing to Nato and make ourselves a legitimate military target. Yet our politicians and officials are hellbent on getting as into NATO.
    One has to ask why?

    1. Kin

      John F fact is we do not have government
      The last government finished at the time of the crash when the troika went in and we were screwed by them and the austerity was even worse than Spain Greece Portugal Italy had dished out to them by the EU because those countries had governments with a set of cojhonies
      We had put in place administrators for our masters the EU
      Our mealy mouthed KAPOs are simply doing what they are told

  3. Kin

    Apparently if it’s the same guy reports of a Canadian general being captured are rife
    Maybe if he has been captured he will face far worse punishment than what he would get in canada

    1. Kin

      And today on a news station they stated there is 100 thousand civillians trapped in Mariupol
      An international team has to go in and investigate this for I am convinced zelenskys strategy all along is to use his civillians for propaganda fodder
      Like in Gaza it is used to it’s maximum in the war and so far zelenskys winning that war
      Your people are not born to be cannon fodder and propaganda
      A governments duty is to protect its people
      Evacuate them before they become the collateral damage as each side slugs it out

  4. Maura

    I wish somebody could help with the background music on the tweet above; have no idea where I might find it and it will remain an annoying ‘don’t know’.

    Please and thank you.

  5. Kin

    Maura it’s pretty horrific
    Maybe it’s put togeather by zelensky while he is on his coke binge
    Say the kinehans will be very welcome in Ukraine bunking up with zelensky

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