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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dalvinder Singh Grewal" data-source="post: 223518" data-attributes="member: 22683">Can Mariupol be the next  target for Urkeraine to liberate. Before Mariupol Urkeraine may prefer to take Melitopol. Mariupol’ is important but may not be immediate target. The most likely next target of an Ukrainian offensive, if it takes place in southern Ukraine, is the town of Melitopol’ even though, the stern defence of Mariupol’ overshadowed it whereas Melitopol’ fell without a shot being fired.<img src="https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-e9fbb403b2c3bb0def4006b3f546080c" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />As in the map above, Melitopol’ is a major crossroads and an important logistical hub for Russian forces. If Russia loses Melitopol, the only way to resupply forces in soutwestern Zaporizhia oblast and Crimea are the routes through Crimea, including the Kerch strait bridge. If Ukraine takes Melitopol’, it is likely to be able to continue south and liberate those regions as well. The Kerch strait bridge also becomes vulnerable to an attack from the north.This could well be a major reason as to why Russia abandoned Kherson. Ukraine either amassed enough forces to seriously threaten Melitopol’, or else convinced Russian intelligence they have done so. This prompted Russians to evaluate their position, realize they can’t hope to defend both and rather than face strategic encirclement and defeat in both Melitopol’ and Kherson chose to abandon the latter and redeploy their forces to avoid disaster at Melitopol’.</blockquote>

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