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Siege and fall of Mariupol

Feb – May 2022Key eventMariupol

MilitaryHumanitarianThe eastern front

The defence of Mariupol ends at the Azovstal steelworks after months of encirclement; the city is largely destroyed.

Why it mattersRussia gains its land bridge to Crimea; the siege becomes the war's defining humanitarian catastrophe and a symbol on both sides' information fronts.

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6 records that this event names, or that name it. Every one is an explicit reference in a published record — nothing here is inferred from subject matter.

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Invasion 2022Mariupol and the southern land corridor

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Ukraine

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141st Regiment (Akhmat) · atlasReported participantmoderate confidence
36th Marine Brigade · atlasDefending forcehigh confidence
810th Naval Infantry Brigade · atlasReported participantmoderate confidence
Azov Brigade · atlasDefending forcehigh confidence

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