Putin tries to claim Mariupol win but won’t storm holdout

Navalny, 47, Russia’s most well-known opposition politician, unexpectedly died on Feb. 16 in an Arctic penal colony.

The assault began almost two weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his military not to storm the plant to finish off the defenders but to seal it off.

In addition to pounding the holdout in Mariupol, Russian forces have intensified their attacks along the Donbas.