The Ukrainian De-Nazification Operation - Mariupol and Phase Two
Phase one of the Ukrainian operation is nearing its close. All Ukrainian forces in the country are locked up and are now under the Russian hammer, and that hammer is very hard.
The collapse of the Azov defenses has been faster than anticipated, not that it is a walkover. Clearing the city of Azov and Ukrainian forces involves searching door to door. The Azov brigade follow the Syrian rebel tactics of positioning themselves in the upper floors of apartment blocks where they can snipe and any returned fire risks civilian casualties. It was due to this tactic that the Syrian army developed the infamous 'barrel bomb' technique. Dropping a bomb from a helicopter directly onto the terrorist positions on the upper floor of an occupied building lowered the risks of civilian casualties than blasting the terrorists out with artillery or missile fire. It was only western propaganda that turned it into an indiscriminate 'terror weapon.' [...] As Ukrainian forces were pushed back towards the centre of Mariupol it became impossible for them to hold the civilian population hostage and they were suddenly able to evacuate the city. Huge convoys of people have been escorted from the warzone to the east, where refugee camps have been set up.