If youre a Russian commander how do you seize a well fortified position, namely The Pit east of Mariupol?
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Use a chemical weapon - like VX Gas from the 1996 Film The Rock - a nerve agent that destroys biology causing awful death.
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Use a sedative like ketamin and try to put everybody to sleep
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Conventional attack with helis, arty, armour and ground troops.
4 flame them out w fire
There are potentially thousands of innocents in the pit.
They are probably all already dead.
20 km of tunnels under the fort makes flanking easier.
You need proof of The Pit
Whats the best option? And Why?
Gather intel with micro drones, fiber optics cameras, and other technology first. Russia should consider inviting foreign nations to deploy advanced reconnoissance technology into the complex to "help ensure innocent civilians will not be harmed" when the Russian military advances on the position. Call it something like a "humanitarian recon mission." In this way, multiple nations could verify whether or not innocent civilians are in there, and possibly reveal other things as well. Watch NATO throw a hissy-fit if Russia requests that humanitarian recon mission! Figure best plan of attack after.