On the eve of Good Friday [Orthodox], Putin again extends an olive branch, agreeing to cease the pounding of Mariupol and declare victory, leaving the last block alone, if only the West agrees to stop inciting Ukraine.

500000 Ukrainians have been deported to Russia, according to the same report.

Despite denials, it is almost 100 percent a certainty that senior and maybe even active duty NATO personnel are underground there and that is why the resistance has been so fierce.

Russia has even had to use bunker-busters to break through.

Putin has been doing his best to deescalate every instance of NATO interference, including what happened to the Moskva. Today, he canceled the final storming and declared a full blockade, while also testing a new missile, the Sarmat,  that can overcome all defenses.

Russia’s defence ministry said in a statement the test “successfully” took place at the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.

According to the ministry, the missile delivered training warheads to the Kura test range of the Kamchatka peninsula, in Russia’s Far East.

“Sarmat is the most powerful missile with the longest range of destruction of targets in the world, which will significantly increase the combat power of our country’s strategic nuclear forces,” the ministry said.