Russian forces in Mariupol drawing up contingency plans for withdrawal — National Resistance Center. [article]

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1. Excerpt:

   > **The Russian occupation administration of Mariupol has developed a plan for evacuating the city, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s National Resistance Center, a civil defense organization, reported on July 7.**
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   > The invaders’ plans include the evacuation of collaborators, documents, and valuable property to Russia. Cargo operations are being stepped up in the Mariupol port, including the export of grain.
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   > “The National Resistance Center emphasizes that even if traitors of Ukraine escape, they will not be able to evade responsibility,” the agency said.
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   > “Each of them will have to answer for their actions.”
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   > Earlier, an advisor to the mayor of Mariupol, Petro Andriushchenko, stated that the occupied city would soon be liberated, as the Russians are running out of funds to finance construction and were delaying salary payments to water utility workers and teachers.

   Seeing the writing on the wall. Soon they will “regroup”.

2. I can’t wait to see Mariupol freed from occupation but I’m dreading the uncovering of the crimes Russians committed having encircled the city without allowing humanitarian corridors.

3. Probably SOP for any military to do this. Still russia will end up putting theirs into action.

4. If they left now then they wouldn’t have the threat of being killed.

5. Contingency for a certainty?

6. I wrote the schematics for the most efficient withdrawal plans possible: GTFO

7. I do hope there is truth to this rumor. There are some indications that Russia is struggling with artillery as Ukraine is aggressively targeting both the tubes and ammo depots. RO37 did a piece on this the other day.

   [Ukraine Update: Russia doesn’t have a backup plan when it runs out of artillery](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/6/2179504/-Ukraine-Update-Russia-doesn-t-have-a-backup-plan-when-it-runs-out-of-artillery)