Updated: By May 20,  2,439 “lions” of Azovstal, the elite forces of Ukraine in Mariupol, have surrendered.

The New York Times, the Washington Post, all the Western mass media is talking about the victory of the Ukrainian army. Zelensky even said that the Azov battalion,  “having completed their combat mission in Mariupol, are now being evacuated in order to save lives”.  

Time Magazine: “Mariupol’s defenders have fully accomplished all missions assigned by the command,” she said. Officials also planned to keep trying to save the fighters who remained inside. Military experts generally put the number of fighters at the plant at anywhere from a few hundred to 1,000. “The work to bring the guys home continues, and it requires delicacy and time,” Zelenskyy said. 

Here is more from the same lunatics:

Ukraine can defeat Russia – NATO. Secretary General believes that Russian military operation in Ukraine is not going the way it was planned.

AP: In Ukraine and internationally, scenario darkens for Russia.

The Spectator (UK): Sergey Radchenko, Why Russia needs to be humiliated in Ukraine. Too little was learnt from the collapse of the Soviet Union.

New York Times: Growing evidence of a military disaster on the Donets pierces a pro-Russian bubble.

The National Interest: Joergen Oerstroem Moeller, The End of Empire: Can Russia Become a True Nation-State? The time has now come to make peace—not from a position of weakness, but a position of strength.

Financial Times: Gideon Rachman, Russia learns a hard lesson about the folly of war. Great powers usually come off worse when they invade smaller countries.

The National Interest: Zalmay Khalilzad, Vladimir Putin’s Pyrrhic Choices in Ukraine. If current trends continue, it seems likely that Putin will soon face three stark choices in Ukraine.

Now, here are the facts on the ground. The elite Ukrainian battalion Azov was defeated and has surrendered. The Western mass media doesn’t show these videos or images. Pathetic. (We’ve spared you the most gruesome images.)