The siege of Mariupol is developing into a medieval siege -with the Russian army reluctant to fight its way into the centre knowing it would suffer high casualties in vicious close contact Urban warfare. So instead it is resorting to trying to shut down all entries and exits and starve the inhabitants and garrison into submission. That of course is the reason why the Russians are refusing to allow civilians to leave the city -the more people trapped in Mariupol the faster the food will run out -it is that simple.
Mariupol is a key strategic city. As long as Ukraine holds it the Russian 'war aim' of linking the Crimea with Mother Russia by land can not be achieved. It would be a tremendous blow to Ukraine if it fell which leads me to wonder whether Ukraine will not make a major effort to break through the Russian siege lines sometime in the near future.
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