Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President’s Office, said that the Russian side can consider the battle for Mariupol as lost. About this on Thursday, April 21, he declared in an interview with Russian human rights activist and lawyer Mark Feigin.
Arestovich commented on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to storm Azovstal in Mariupol. In his opinion, the head of the Russian Federation, when making such a decision, was guided by several factors.
One of the reasons, the adviser to the head of the OP noted, is that the Russian troops suffered significant losses over the past night: 2 tanks were knocked out, 3 BPMs, and so on.
“Next, they understand that if they set the task of taking Azovstal, they will put the most valuable resource there – assault infantry, which can perform such a difficult task as storming city ruins. They will have to lose two thousand of this resource for this before they finish off the Ukrainian soldier. Assault infantry is a valuable resource that does not lie on the road. There are very few of them in any army in the world, and they do not want to lose them, and they need the rest,” the adviser to the OP explained.
In addition, he admitted Aresovich that the Russian side was afraid of Zelensky’s ultimatum that Ukraine would withdraw from the negotiations if our soldiers were killed there.
“They are afraid that Ukraine will withdraw from the negotiation process,” he said.
Arestovich also drew attention to the fact that the bombing of Russian troops with super-heavy bombs from Azovstal did not bring the desired result to the Russian army. The metallurgical plant, despite significant damage, continues to stand, the Ukrainian defenders are resisting, the civilians could not be reached.
“The bombardment with super-heavy air bombs for four days, according to some reports, five days, did not help the assault on Azovstal. Azov and the Marines continue to resist, the National Guard, the police, and Teroborona gathered there,” he said.
Occupants retreated from Azovstal
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Earlier it was reported that in the village of Mangush Russian the invaders could bury from three to nine thousand Mariupol residents, the total number of those killed in the city, according to rough estimates, is 22 thousand people.
Recall, the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the East on Thursday, April 21, destroyed up to 200 invaders, 5 tanks, 1 aircraft and other enemy equipment.
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