Russians capture port city on Black Sea
Russia continued its all-out assault on Ukraine Wednesday afternoon, capturing the strategically important port city of Kherson near the Black Sea and making it the first major Ukrainian city to fall.
Russian forces had circled the city, but after days of fighting and being severely outnumbered, Ukrainian soldiers retreated to the nearby city of Mykolaiv, the New York Times reported, citing the mayor of the city.
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The mayor of Mariupol told the BBC that his city was "near to a humanitarian catastrophe."
"The Russian army is working through all their weapons here — artillery, multiple rocket launch systems, airplanes, tactical rockets," Serhiy Orlov said. "They are trying to destroy the city."
Orlov said Russian President Vladimir Putin's army had surrounded the city before launching strikes on key infrastructure. It also cut off water and power supplies. One residential district on the city's left bank had almost been demolished.
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It is looking like the "victories" Russia has in Ukraine so far are Pyrrhic. They are destroying infrastructure that will have to be rebuilt to make the cities function meaning if they want to occupy those cities it will be expensive. They are also likely to see continued resistance by the remaining population.
It was already a very expensive war for Russia with sanctions doing significant damage to the Russian economy meaning they will have fewer resources for repairing the damage they have caused.
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