Changes

The '''Battle of Mariupol''' was a key engagement in the 2022 [[Russia-Ukraine war]].  Sam Garrens has called the Battle of Mariupol, "the last battle of the [[Second World War]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/j5SbDFq-Lr8</ref>

The '''Battle of Mariupol''' was a key engagement in the 2022 [[Russia-Ukraine war]].  Sam Garrens has called the Battle of Mariupol, "the last battle of the [[Second World War]]."<ref>https://youtu.be/j5SbDFq-Lr8</ref>

Mariupol on the [[Sea of Azov]] is predominantly a Russian city.  After the [[Maidan coup]] in 2014, many Ukrainian nationalist from western [[Ukraine]] and the Kharkiv region were relocated to Mariupol by the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior's National Guard and terrorized the local, predominantly Russian, population.  Mariupol became the hot bed of neo-Nazi activity from 2014 to 2022 and the site of some of the most intense fighting during the Russian special denazification operation.   

Mariupol on the [[Sea of Azov]] is predominantly a Russian city.  After the [[Maidan coup]] in 2014, many Ukrainian nationalist from western [[Ukraine]] and the Kharkiv region were relocated to Mariupol by the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior's National Guard and terrorized the local, predominantly Russian, population.  Mariupol became the hot bed of neo-Nazi activity from 2014 to 2022 and the site of some of the most intense fighting during the Russian special [[denazification]] operation.   

The Russians attempted to establish humanitarian corridors for civilians with passages west toward Kyiv and Europe, or east toward Russia.  However, the first reaction by the SBU was to murder the chief Ukrainian negotiator just prior to completion on the details of the agreement with the Russians.  Eventually humanitarian corridors were set up, but Ukrainian forces killed many civilians attempting to evacuate.  Of those refugees who did get out, most chose to go to Russia.  Red Cross relief convoys were held up by Ukrainians outside the city. Zelensky ordered Ukrainian forces in the city not to surrender, and to fight to the last Ukrainian.  The neo-Nazis had desecrated memorials to the heroes of the [[Great Patriotic War]].<ref>https://youtu.be/IZAcE-clNOE</ref>

The Russians attempted to establish humanitarian corridors for civilians with passages west toward Kyiv and Europe, or east toward Russia.  However, the first reaction by the SBU was to murder the chief Ukrainian negotiator just prior to completion on the details of the agreement with the Russians.  Eventually humanitarian corridors were set up, but Ukrainian forces killed many civilians attempting to evacuate.  Of those refugees who did get out, most chose to go to Russia.  Red Cross relief convoys were held up by Ukrainians outside the city. Zelensky ordered Ukrainian forces in the city not to surrender, and to fight to the last Ukrainian.  The neo-Nazis had desecrated memorials to the heroes of the [[Great Patriotic War]].<ref>https://youtu.be/IZAcE-clNOE</ref>