the leadership has purposely sabotaged the defense and handed over the defenders of Mariupol into the hands of the Russian army
I've been saying this since the start that this was the intent. Believe it's not the intent of the overall operation it's just a crucial part of it. Most people are missing what lays underneath it all. I am preparing to do a post on it.
Feel free to notify me once you publish the post.
There's a giant piece of the puzzle staring people right in the face that I think once given to ponder is going to give a new twist of what lies beneath.
Here's my post:
https://hive.blog/deepdives/@sunlit7/ukraine-and-the-seventeen-billion-dollar-honeypot