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===NATO war in Ukraine===
===NATO war in Ukraine===
{{See also|Battle of Mariupol}}
{{See also|Battle of Mariupol}}
[File:Azov victim 1.PNG|left|300px|thumb|Female victim of Ukrainian Nazis found in the basement of Mariupol School #25, which the Azov Battalion used as a headquarters, with a [[swastika]] painted on her chest in her own blood.<ref>https://videopress.com/embed/pZ2UoEfN?cover=1&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=1&hd=1Video:</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/j0GDBUpmj3I</ref><ref>https://youtu.be/6LQSYmda0Sc</ref>]]
Encirclement of the city was complete by March 4, 2022. On March 6 units of the People's Militia of the Donetsk Republic (DPR) entered the city. The main clashes were in the west of the city and in the east. The Azov fighters and some Ukrainian regular army units took up firing positions in civilian homes and high rise apartment blocks. Advancing Russian and Donetsk forces would take fire from the homes or apartments, identify its source, and aim tank fire or other means against the given window or floor or building.
Nothing was done by the Ukrainian government to feed or evacuate the predominantly Russian-speaking civilians. The municipality was run by Ukrainians, hand selected by the Kyiv regime, unresponsive to local needs. Shortly before combat erupted, the mayor disappeared only to reappear on Zoom in [[Western alliance|Western]] [[propaganda]] media to tell the world what [[barbarian]]s the Russians are.
Russia informed the [[UN Security Council]] that the Mariupol maternity hospital had been used by the Azov Battalion on March 7 or March 6, 2022.<ref>https://technofog.substack.com/p/ukraine-maternity-hospital-shelling?s=r</ref> On March 12, 2022, Russian [[T-72]] tanks entered the city. On March 13, Russians began evacuation of civilian women, children, and elderly to [[Crimea]] to escape shelling from Ukrainian forces in Mariupol.<ref>https://youtu.be/SPP1isOXOJo</ref> By March 15 the Russians deployed Chechen fighters on the streets of Mariupol.<ref>https://youtu.be/uFBZ1IGVwsQ</ref> The legendary Somali Battalion also took part in the fighting.
Like the [[Battle of Stalingrad]], Ukrainian forces trapped in Mariupol pleaded for relief to the Kyiv central command. And like Stalingrad, the government told them reinforcement of troops and supplies was not possible and forbad them to surrender.<ref>https://youtu.be/oOrSQVb8tzY?t=456</ref>
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