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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMariupol needs to destroy their port.
With the recent attack on Berdyans'k and the sinking of one of Russia"s ships at the port that port is going to be harder to use due to a sunken ship being in the way. Russia will now have to intensify their attack on Mariupol to secure that port. Destroy that port and you deny them ports in southern Ukraine for Russia to resupply. Just my humble thoughts.
Eko.
Bayard
(21,806 posts)Eko
(7,170 posts)Generally that is the easiest way to do it. You can also use explosives to destroy key parts of the ports so that ships cant dock or use it.
Ukraine will need that port intact after they win.
Eko
(7,170 posts)Blocking the Russians from resupplying now is imperative.
RockRaven
(14,784 posts)I don't know anything about what sort of naval weapon systems they have/use/are trained on which overlap with what we have available to give...
Eko
(7,170 posts)As well as artillery. We of course should be giving more of them in my opinion. It may well be that Mariupol will be able to defend themselves against Russia but the chance of loosing and then giving them a major port, which would at the least prolong if not enable Russia to win this war is too large. Even delaying Russia a week or two could be the decisive action. In warfare, logistics is everything as we can plainly see.