Mariupol: A Homecoming | RT Documentary The Battle for Mariupol lasted 83 days. It is the primary combat of the special operation in Ukraine. Ukrainian army and nationalists from the Azov battalion tried to turn the city into a stronghold. Azov’s tactics of using civilians as human shields dramatically complicated the combat. They locked the exits from Mariupol, preventing people from evacuating through ‘green corridors’. That led to multiple civilian casualties. Russian soldiers had to take con

Azov’s Last Stand | Driving out the Ukrainian nationalists from the Azovstal plant | 2022 RT Documentary 'Azovstal was their main fortress because it is the most difficult site to capture. A really great one to defend and a very challenging one to launch an offensive against.' says one of the Russian soldiers about the Azov battalion. Russian troops and the DPR militia had forced the Ukrainian fighters to leave Mariupol and retreat to the plant. Although the militants had prepared Azovstal by st