Cut The Clutter: Why is Mariupol so imp strategically & politically that if Putin can’t conquer he’d raze it. And the Azov Regiment

As Russian forces try to turn the city of Mariupol into rubble, in episode 965 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta looks at the strategic importance of the largest city in the Donetsk region as Russia tries to recapture the city, first captured in 2014. And why this attack is a repeat of Putin's playbook from Syria and Chechnya.

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