> Russian + Donbass forces have given a last ultimatum to Azov in Mariupol, giving them time to surrender until midnight local time (in six hours) These limited hours to surrender are a tactical mistake. They *expotentially* increase the likelihood that *anything* could happen, that in desperation, any contingency could come into play. Better to give them this warning or "time to surrender", and then unexpectedly to attack when they're paralyzed. That is what russia should do. Russia's kindness in **this** specific situation, is an absolute weakness, and russia will come to regret this final ultimatum if theres *any* room for the u.s. and internationalists to respond. The u.s. and it's allies always like to take the last shameless scrap of margin in a transaction, because they believe theres no cost to doing this, (if none of the players want to flip the table that is), so theres no reason the u.s. won't. "never let a good crisis go to waste." Zelensky and the internationalists and their spooks in the u.s. have not earned mercy, and have shown they we will use it *only* to *further harm* the people of ukraine, russia, and the world--or use it as wiggle room to continue and escalate the fight if they can.