Russia has won its first decisive goal in the war with Ukraine this week when it got full control of the port city of Mariupol after the remaining soldiers holed up at the Azovstal steel plant surrendered. The Russian army was already in possession of the entire city but for the steel factory where Ukrainian soldiers were trapped. They had initially refused to surrender but at the end, coaxed by everyone including an appeal from President Zelensky, they finally surrendered on Tuesday.