Ukraine's Alamo: The Siege of Azovstal

Angry Planet

Matthew Gault

War, Politics, Conflict, Government, History, News

4.3 • 882 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Imagine being trapped below ground for weeks, surrounded by soldiers, bombs dropping just a few feet above your head.

Food is scarce, rats are everywhere. Is survival possible? And what would it even look like? A trip back home, or to a Russian prison?

That was the situation during the siege of the Azovstal Steel Plant in Mariupol, Ukraine.

Michael Schwirtz of the New York Times has put together a comprehensive look at the siege, which is being called Ukraine’s Alamo and he’s joining us today to describe what he found.

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1:12.0	Imagine being trapped below ground for weeks, surrounded by soldiers, bombs dropping just a few feet above your head. Food is scarce. Rats are everywhere. Is survival possible and what would it even look like?
1:26.4	A trip back home or to a Russian prison. That was the situation during the siege of Azov-Stahl
1:32.1	Steel Plant in Marietole Ukraine.
1:34.0	Michael Schwartz of the New York Times has put together a comprehensive look at the
1:39.8	siege which is being called Ukraine's Alamo.
1:43.4	He and he's joining us today to describe what he found.
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1:48.3	Sure thank.
1:49.3	Can you give us a rough outline of the story of the siege,
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